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opiate
[ noun adjective oh-pee-it, -eyt; verb oh-pee-eyt ]
noun
- Biochemistry, Pharmacology. a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain:
The opium poppy yields morphine, codeine, and other opiates.
- Biochemistry, Pharmacology. any sedative, soporific, or narcotic:
Back then, the country physician would concoct all sorts of opiates in a crude kitchen laboratory.
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Antonyms:
- anything that causes dullness or inaction or that soothes the feelings:
His favorite opiate seems to be a six-pack in front of the TV.
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adjective
- Biochemistry, Pharmacology. mixed or prepared with opium:
Some opiate substances, such as thebaine, may be more toxic than narcotic.
- Biochemistry, Pharmacology. inducing sleep; soporific; narcotic:
Subjects were given a variety of opiate teas over the course of a four-week study.
Synonyms:
- causing dullness or inaction:
The opiate effects of their droning reprimands were legendary.
verb (used with object)
- to subject to an opiate; stupefy:
The violent patients were routinely opiated.
- to dull or deaden:
This dreadful music is opiating my spirit.
opiate
noun
- any of various narcotic drugs, such as morphine and heroin, that act on opioid receptors
- any other narcotic or sedative drug
- something that soothes, deadens, or induces sleep
adjective
- containing or consisting of opium
- inducing relaxation; soporific
verb
- to treat with an opiate
- to dull or deaden
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of opiate1
Example Sentences
According to UnCommon Law, positive opiate drug screenings in the state鈥檚 prisons hovered at about 6% each month on average.
What I discovered is that while religion may not be the opiate of the masses, as Karl Marx famously wrote, this app is a sedative to dull the consciences of MAGA.
Through the lens of harm reduction, a glass of wine seems benign, certainly less harmful than opiates.
鈥淚 was able to quit alcohol and I don鈥檛 do opiates anymore, but I do take quite a bit of kratom now and I am addicted to kratom.鈥
Instead, he described considering the possibility of a "highly toxic synthetic opiate" such as carfentanyl, which has a potency "hundreds of thousands of times greater than fentanyl".
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