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BREATHALYZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does breathalyze mean?
• BREATHALYZE (verb)
The verb BREATHALYZE has 1 sense:
1. test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer
Familiarity information: BREATHALYZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they breathalyze ... he / she / it breathalyzes
Past simple: breathalyzed
Past participle: breathalyzed
-ing form: breathalyzing
... he / she / it breathalyzes Past simple: breathalyzed
Past participle: breathalyzed
-ing form: breathalyzing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyzer
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
breathalyse; breathalyze
Hypernyms (to "breathalyze" is one way to...):
check (make an examination or investigation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
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