amyl nitrate
noun
1
: a colorless liquid ester C5H11NO3 of amyl alcohol and nitric acid
2
: amyl nitrite
—not used technically
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The traveling party Horse Meat Disco had commandeered the San Francisco bar, filling it with pounding dance music and the carnal stench of amyl nitrate poppers, but for three and a half hours, JP’s group sat at a booth behind a curtain passing back and forth their little white baggie of ketamine.
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Delilah Friedler, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2023
No, those are amyl nitrate.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2021
Some routines, especially the one in which Reverend Mother repeatedly sniffs amyl nitrate, then rolls about the floor in a stupor, are interminable.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 23 Sep. 2019
Snyder didn’t send him to the hospital but instead treated him with amyl nitrate for angina; heparin, a blood thinner; and morphine for the pain.
—Marc Siegel, Slate Magazine, 19 Jan. 2017
Snyder didn’t send him to the hospital but instead treated him with amyl nitrate for angina
—Marc Siegel, Slate Magazine, 19 Jan. 2017
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Delilah Friedler, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2023
No, those are amyl nitrate.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2021
Some routines, especially the one in which Reverend Mother repeatedly sniffs amyl nitrate, then rolls about the floor in a stupor, are interminable.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 23 Sep. 2019
Snyder didn’t send him to the hospital but instead treated him with amyl nitrate for angina; heparin, a blood thinner; and morphine for the pain.
—Marc Siegel, Slate Magazine, 19 Jan. 2017
Snyder didn’t send him to the hospital but instead treated him with amyl nitrate for angina
—Marc Siegel, Slate Magazine, 19 Jan. 2017
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“Amyl nitrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amyl%20nitrate. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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