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Verb: breathalyse  'bre-thu,lIz
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: breathalyze)
  1. Test someone's alcohol level in his blood by means of a breathalyser
    "The police can't set up road-blocks near public houses at closing time, and stop and breathalyse any motorist leaving the pub";
    - breathalyze [N. Amer]

Derived forms: breathalysed, breathalysing, breathalyses

Type of: check

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