Usually means: Relief from pain through medication.
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  1. painkilling: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. painkilling: Merriam-Webster
  3. painkilling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. painkilling: Collins English Dictionary
  5. painkilling: Wordnik
  6. painkilling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. painkilling: Wiktionary
  8. painkilling: Dictionary.com
  9. painkilling: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. painkilling: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. painkilling: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Reducing or eliminating pain.

Similar:
pain-relieving, antipain, anesthetic, mitigatory, alleviative, anesthetical, anesthesic, anodyne, palliative, antinociceptive, more...

Opposite:
painful, agonizing, discomforting, distressing, tormenting

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Similar:
pain-relieving, antipain, anesthetic, mitigatory, alleviative, anesthetical, anesthesic, anodyne, palliative, antinociceptive, more...

Opposite:
painful, agonizing, discomforting, distressing, tormenting



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