breathalyze

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Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from breathalyzer.

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breathalyze (third-person singular simple present breathalyzes, present participle breathalyzing, simple past and past participle breathalyzed)

  1. To estimate the alcohol content of a person's blood by using a breathalyzer