relaxer
Americannoun
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a chemical product applied to curly hair to straighten it, or the treatment that consists of applying this product.
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a person or thing that relaxes, especially a prescription drug that causes tense or spasmed muscles to relax.
Example Sentences
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The company also had to recall more than 135,000 vials of vecuronium bromide, a muscle relaxer used during surgery, after reports that the medication contained glass particles.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025
She fondly remembers being a little girl sitting in a big cosmetic chair, the pungent odor of mixed relaxer treatment in the air.
From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2022
I saw that show, and Bey’s piece remains seared in my memory: Over time, the relaxer ran down the walls, stripping the pigment from the images — literally whitening them in the process.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2021
But these were like badges of honour, testimony to the fact that the relaxer had taken.
From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2019
She thought of a texturizer to loosen her hair’s springy coils, stretch out the kinkiness a little, but a texturizer was really a relaxer, only milder, and she would still have to avoid the rain.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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