intoxication
inebriation; drunkenness.
an act or instance of intoxicating.
overpowering exhilaration or excitement of the mind or emotions.
Pathology. poisoning.
Origin of intoxication
1Other words from intoxication
- self-in·tox·i·ca·tion, noun
- sem·i-in·tox·i·ca·tion, noun
Words Nearby intoxication
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How to use intoxication in a sentence
They booked him for violation of the emergency order, public intoxication and resisting arrest.
Restrictions on the South Texas Border Were Meant to Protect People From COVID-19. Then the Handcuffs Came Out. | by Vianna Davila and Ren Larson | December 19, 2020 | ProPublicaThose charges ranged in severity, from public intoxication to DWI and assault.
Restrictions on the South Texas Border Were Meant to Protect People From COVID-19. Then the Handcuffs Came Out. | by Vianna Davila and Ren Larson | December 19, 2020 | ProPublicaArrested on a public intoxication charge and for violation of the stay-home orders, Torres couldn’t afford to pay the $150 he owed on his bond.
Restrictions on the South Texas Border Were Meant to Protect People From COVID-19. Then the Handcuffs Came Out. | by Vianna Davila and Ren Larson | December 19, 2020 | ProPublicaNow, Harmon watched her irises shaking involuntarily, a sign of intoxication.
Maine Hires Lawyers With Criminal Records to Defend Its Poorest Residents | by Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor, with data analysis by Agnel Philip | October 6, 2020 | ProPublicaHe said he walked out the next morning with a booking document for “public intoxication” and a ticket for seditious language in his pocket.
Those Ticketed for Seditious Language Say Their Only Crime Was Talking Back | Kate Nucci | September 9, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
Frias—who was arrested in 2013 for interfering with public duties and public intoxication—was not carrying a gun at the time.
Texas Gun Slingers Police the Police—With a Black Panthers Tactic | Brandy Zadrozny | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTI guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.
Kinkade had died of “acute ethanol and diazepam intoxication”—alcohol and Valium.
The Drunken Downfall of Evangelical America's Favorite Painter | Zac Bissonnette | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLike the intoxication and the power you would feel if you were suddenly an all-knowing entity.
How ‘Transcendence’ Director Wally Pfister Became Christopher Nolan’s Secret Weapon | Andrew Romano | April 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTStates all across the country are reporting skyrocketing rates of intoxication, overdoses and death.
Heroin: America’s Silent Assassin | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Robert M. Lober, MD, PhD | February 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn smoking, they swallow the fumes of the tobacco which causes intoxication for a time.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.That last moment, as she stepped lightly over the threshold of the library, was a sort of climax to the intoxication of youth.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe courts are still more reluctant to admit intoxication as an excuse for criminal acts.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesWhen she thought that he was there at hand, waiting for her, she grew numb with the intoxication of expectancy.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe danger of collapse was past for the present, but the deep sleep of utter intoxication still clung to the ruler of Asturia.
The Weight of the Crown | Fred M. White
British Dictionary definitions for intoxication
/ (ɪnˌtɒksɪˈkeɪʃən) /
drunkenness; inebriation
great elation
the act of intoxicating
poisoning
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