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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of chloroform.

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Examples

  • Rattled, the mom sprinted to the checkout and was back within three minutes, whereupon she found her child missing and the librarian chloroformed.

    This Sunday, Moms Don't Have to Be Sherpas Lenore Skenazy 2011

  • The Saturday Night Live star then bragged about Facebook's growth "We've got ... more people than in the cast of Glee", how he chloroformed MySpace and put a "bullet in the back of its skull," and unveiled two new Facebook features, "I'm Not Really Friends with These People" and "The Slow-Poke," which takes 24 hours to reach the person.

    VIDEO: Andy Samberg Impersonates Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook Conference 2011

  • Camilla, I knew, would have stepped in and chloroformed me before any number of the shortsighted decisions I ended up making.

    Freud’s Blind Spot Elisa Albert 2010

  • These are no chloroformed-rubber-chicken-like cats stored in tubs of formaldehyde.

    Boiling the Dog's Head 2010

  • In this story, The Comet is chloroformed and captured by the mobster named Satan, and hypnotized to steal and kill for him.

    A few words about every single story in Supermen! 2009

  • SPIRO: Look, when I was DA, I mean that was an issue that was always on the table, whether or not we would seek death -- and your caller is correct -- aggravating circumstances like duct tape on the mouth of a child who may have been chloroformed for whatever reason is enough to bring it up to that level.

    CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2009 2009

  • She was chloroformed multiple times and on the stand, the victim talked about going in and out of consciousness.

    CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2009 2009

  • With so much about sex and so little about life, what little there is of the plot has been chloroformed.

    Rex and the City: Carrie���s Ladies Who Lunch Aren't <i>The Women</i> 2008

  • Watching a situation as terrifying as "being left out in the open ocean to die" become a film this lame is like watching a strong woman being chloroformed; oh, she gets in a few hits, but they're doing everything they can to keep her down.

    Penguicon: The Rough Schedule joegrossberg 2006

  • His dog was chloroformed and no one paid attention to his honking watch geese.

    All actors are over 18 years of age FUZZARELLY 2008

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