inject

Etymology

From Latin iniectus, injectus, participle of iniciō, injiciō (“I throw in”), from in- + iaciō (“I throw”).

verb

1. (transitive) To push or pump (something, especially fluids) into a cavity or passage.
   The nurse injected a painkilling drug into the veins of my forearm.
2. (transitive) To introduce (something) suddenly or violently.
   Punk injected a much-needed sense of urgency into the British music scene.
3. (transitive) To administer an injection to (someone or something), especially of medicine or drugs.
   Now lie back while we inject you with the anesthetic.
   to inject the blood vessels
4. (intransitive) To take or be administered something by means of injection, especially medicine or drugs.
   It's been a week since I stopped injecting, and I'm still in withdrawal.
5. (transitive, computing) To introduce (code) into an existing program or its memory space, often without tight integration and sometimes through a security vulnerability.
   Yes, you'll have to use CreateRemoteThread to "inject code" if you want information like the current directory of a process (at least on NT 3.5x). November 11 1996, David Taillé&#32;<taille@calva.net>, “Getting Process information”, in comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 (Usenet), message-ID <MPG.cf15f0a5cfb22c3989699@news.calvacom.fr>
   As soon as a virus programmer discovers that some popular ActiveX thing has a bug that can be exploited, e.g. with controlled crashes to inject code, it's going to be a disaster. August 23 1999, Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein&#32;<osvaldo@visionnaire.com.br>, “Java is Going to Be the Death of Java”, in comp.lang.java.advocacy (Usenet), message-ID <001b01beed13$76a66350$450510ac@mde.emn.fr>
   A quick test to see if I can inject SQL data is to enter my username and password as 'a. 2003, Ryan Russell, “The Thief No One Saw”, in Stealing the Network: How to Own the Box, page 146
   DOM XSS is an unusual method for injecting JavaScript into a user's browser. 2007, Jeremiah Grossman, Robert Hansen, “XSS Theory”, in XSS Attacks: Cross-Site Scripting Exploits and Defense, page 86
   The AJAX controls inject the appropriate JavaScript code into the HTML output stream without you needing to code any JavaScript yourself. 2010, Andrew Moore, “AJAX Explained: What It Does and Why You Should Consider Using It”, in Visual Studio 2010 All-in-One for Dummies, page 410
6. (obsolete, transitive) To cast or throw; used with on.
7. (transitive) To introduce or add (something that is different or foreign).
   inject something into orbit
   inject some spice into my life
   This passage seems unfortunately to have set the tone, among English writers, for comment on the expedition, and quite wrongly since Gamitto used his donkey to inject some much needed light relief among the difficulties and privations of the journey. 1960, Antonio Candido Pedroso Gamitto, King Kazembe and the Marave, Cheva, Bisa, Bemba, Lunda, and Other Peoples of Southern Africa, page 10
   Although you must admit that'd inject some spice into my life. 2009, Ilsa Evans, The Family Tree, page 25
   Launchers can inject in orbit several satellites per launch since LEO and MEO satellites are usually smaller than GEO satellites. 2019, Anja Nakarada Pecujlic, Matteo Tugnoli·, Promoting Productive Cooperation Between Space Lawyers and Engineers, page 132
   Someone with a rudimentary knowledge of a language may inject words of that new language into sentences to indicate a desire to identify and affiliate. 2021, Colin Baker, Wayne E. Wright, Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism