relaxer
Americannoun
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a chemical product applied to curly hair to straighten it, or the treatment that consists of applying this product.
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a person or thing that relaxes, especially a prescription drug that causes tense or spasmed muscles to relax.
noun
Example Sentences
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The company also had to recall more than 135,000 vials of vecuronium bromide, a muscle relaxer used during surgery, after reports that the medication contained glass particles.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
She’d seen her doctor, who gave her a muscle relaxer, and her chiropractor, who adjusted her back.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023
Young Black millennial and Gen Z women have their own memories of getting their curly hair chemically straightened with a perm or relaxer as a child.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 8, 2022
Over this wallpaper, Bey used gallons of relaxer to spell out the words “PICKY HEAD” — Caribbean slang for someone with unkempt hair — in large white capital letters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
“My mom would freak out. I got my first relaxer at five.”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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