inject

present singular third person injects · participle present injecting · participle past injected · past injected

1. transitiveTo push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.

   The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.

2. transitiveTo introduce (something) suddenly or violently.

   Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the British music scene.

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   Caesar also, then hatching tyranny, injected the same scrupulous demurs.

   1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC

3. transitiveTo administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.

   to inject the blood vessels

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   Now lie back while we inject you with the anesthetic.

4. intransitiveTo take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.

   It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal.

5. transitivecomputingTo introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability.

   DOM XSS is an unusual method for injecting JavaScript into a user's browser.

   2007, Jeremiah Grossman, Robert Hansen, “XSS Theory”, in XSS Attacks: Cross-Site Scripting Exploits and Defense, →ISBN, page 86

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   Yes, you'll have to use CreateRemoteThread to "inject code" if you want information like the current directory of a process (at least on NT 3.5x).

   1996 November 11, David Taillé <taille@calva.net>, “Getting Process information”, in comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 (Usenet), message-ID <MPG.cf15f0a5cfb22c3989699@news.calvacom.fr>

   As soon as a virus programmer discovers that some popular ActiveX thing has a bug that can be exploited, e.g. with controlled crashes to inject code, it's going to be a disaster.

   1999 August 23, Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein <osvaldo@visionnaire.com.br>, “Java is Going to Be the Death of Java”, in comp.lang.java.advocacy (Usenet), message-ID <001b01beed13$76a66350$450510ac@mde.emn.fr>

   A quick test to see if I can inject SQL data is to enter my username and password as 'a.

   2003, Ryan Russell, “The Thief No One Saw”, in Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box, →ISBN, page 146

   The AJAX controls inject the appropriate JavaScript code into the HTML output stream without you needing to code any JavaScript yourself.

   2010, Andrew Moore, “AJAX Explained: What It Does and Why You Should Consider Using It”, in Visual Studio 2010 All-in-One for Dummies, →ISBN, page 410

6. obsoletetransitiveTo cast or throw; used with on.

   And mound inject on mound.

   1725, Homer, “Book XI”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC

7. transitiveTo introduce or add (something that is different or foreign).

   inject something into orbit

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   inject some spice into my life

   This passage seems unfortunately to have set the tone, among English writers, for comment on the expedition, and quite wrongly since Gamitto used his donkey to inject some much needed light relief among the difficulties and privations of the journey.

   1960, Antonio Candido Pedroso Gamitto, King Kazembe and the Marave, Cheva, Bisa, Bemba, Lunda, and Other Peoples of Southern Africa, page 10

   Although you must admit that'd inject some spice into my life.

   2009, Ilsa Evans, The Family Tree, page 25

   Launchers can inject in orbit several satellites per launch since LEO and MEO satellites are usually smaller than GEO satellites.

   2019, Anja Nakarada Pecujlic, Matteo Tugnoli·, Promoting Productive Cooperation Between Space Lawyers and Engineers, page 132

   Someone with a rudimentary knowledge of a language may inject words of that new language into sentences to indicate a desire to identify and affiliate.

   2021, Colin Baker, Wayne E. Wright, Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism