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overdose

[ noun oh-ver-dohs; verb oh-ver-dohs, oh-ver-dohs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, o·ver·dosed, o·ver·dos·ing.

overdose

First recorded in 1680–90; over- + dose

That star would all too famously implode with her tragic death from a heroin overdose at a mere 27 years of age.

In 1978, Scott Newman, his 28-year-old son, died of an accidental drug and alcohol overdose.

Heroin overdose deaths from 2010 to 2012 increased in every single subgroup examined in the CDC report.

Deaths from both make up 57 percent of total drug overdose deaths.

Those suffering from addiction in the streets risk disease, overdose, and death.

Sickness,—not her own, but that of dear ones, and an overdose of wealth.

Verdict was "That the deceased died from inadvertently taking an overdose of opium."

An overdose of "cold step" may, indeed, partially account for the bronchitis which riddles the ranks of the children of the poor.

(b) Failure of respiration from an overdose of chloroform or other ansthetic.

Too much freedom at one time is as bad as an overdose of anything else.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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