truth serum
truth serum · truth serums · truth sera
A psychoactive medication, especially one administered by injection, which supposedly…A psychoactive medication, especially one administered by injection, which supposedly renders a person cooperative and disposed to respond honestly to questions.
» They used truth serum.
Sie setzten ein Wahrheitsserum ein.
Они использовали сыворотку правды.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, informal, uncountable)A psychoactive medication, especially one administered by injection, which supposedly renders a person cooperative and disposed to respond honestly to questions.
сы́воротка пра́вдыsývorotka právdy
More definitions
- an intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely
Examples
1 sentencesThey used truth serum.
ruОни использовали сыворотку правды.
deSie setzten ein Wahrheitsserum ein.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
truth serum:
Forms
plural: truth serums / truth sera| Singular | truth serum |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- an intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely:truth drug
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedlie detector
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable