Inoculating

Word INOCULATING
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Definitions and meanings of "Inoculating"

What do we mean by inoculating?

To introduce an antigenic substance or vaccine into something (e.g. the body) or someone, such as to produce immunity to a specific disease.

(by extension) To safeguard or protect something as if by inoculation.

To add one substance to another; to spike.

To graft by inserting buds.

To introduce into the mind (used especially of harmful ideas or principles); to imbue; to implant.

Controlled exposure to an infectious agent (virus/bacteria) to build immunity to the agent. Also, controlled exposure to an infectious idea or propaganda, so as to build up resistance to the idea. Urban Dictionary

The technique of making fun of oneself before anyone else can in order to lessen the pain and/or embarrassment. Urban Dictionary

The forcing of a person to get a vaccination regardless of their beliefs or medical history. Urban Dictionary

If religiosity is considered to be infectious, as it spreads uncontrollably through the human population like a virus....then religious inoculation would be controlled exposure to religious influences so as to build immunity to it Urban Dictionary

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The word "inoculating" in example sentences

They have never succeeded in inoculating it on one man from another. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Previously, some research workers had succeeded in inoculating healthy individuals with typhus by injecting blood from a patient, but all attempts to inoculate animals had failed up till then. ❋ Unknown (1965)

After several unsuccessful attempts, Nicolle succeeded at the beginning of 1909 in inoculating chimpanzees with typhus and, from the chimpanzee, he was able to inoculate monkeys of a lower order by injection of blood. ❋ Unknown (1965)

(This can work for non-vocal music as well: find a pre-existing literary title or quotation that has a vague connection to your piece, and it has a certain inoculating effect. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2006)

They also think they've done a pretty good job, in the Kerry campaign, of kind of inoculating him against, Oh, national Democrats are against guns, they're going to take away your guns. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Most impressively, it then applies that patch to all of the other instances of the software running on different machines, "inoculating" them against intrusion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Some countries have suffered periodic social unrest, almost "inoculating" residents in preparing for the next disaster. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"inoculating" the global financial system, at least to some extent. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Amid growing calls from Washington, the IMF, and the markets for a radical step towards eurozone fiscal union as the only hope of saving Greece from default and inoculating the euro, the Germans exasperated many by pooh-poohing such notions. ❋ Unknown (2011)

That's true in a strictly financial sense, but I think most human beings would feel that the work of a man who spends his life inoculating the penniless is worth more than the work of the man who tends to Paris Hilton's little dog. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The left is livid, despite that almost everything in President Obama's war plan is fully consistent with the Afghanistan hawkishness that Candidate Obama repeatedly deployed during the campaign, no doubt sincerely but thus also conveniently inoculating himself from fatal charges of doveishness or limp-wristedness for his lack of enthusiasm for the Iraqi front. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jenner tried inoculating Phipps with smallpox once more; again, nothing.9 ❋ Seth Mnookin (2011)

February 13th, 2009 at 11: 45 am inoculating My Pet Goat? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The RFU is such a suitable case for treatment that any new employees would need inoculating before entering the building. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Transmission of prions occurs from either eating brains from infected animals or, in experimental studies, from directly inoculating preparations of brains from infected animals into the brains of experimental animals. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bob is a [staunch] [democrat] and liberal but will often [show up] at Republican rallies to inoculate himself... ❋ AxonL (2017)

[Fat Kid]: [Hi]. Boy I am [fat]. Other Kid: Wow, good innoculation. ❋ HP (2003)

Look at what this world has become in the wake of [the covid 19] pandemic. People who haven't been [vaccinated] are being treated like outcasts even though the vaccinated are still getting and giving covid to others. Some countries are using forced inoculation and if they don't get the jab their life will be miserable. WHY IS NOONE RECOGNIZING [NATURAL IMMUNITY]? ❋ Jimmybomm (2022)

[Sam's] [annual] visits to his family [church] is his way of religious inoculation ... ❋ AxonL (2017)

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