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overdose

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o·ver·dose  (vr-ds)
n.
An excessive dose, especially of a narcotic.
v. (vr-ds) o·ver·dosed, o·ver·dos·ing, o·ver·dos·es
v.intr.
To take an overdose.
v.tr.
To administer too large a dose or too many doses to.
overdose
Noun
a larger dose of a drug than is safe: she tried to kill herself with an overdose of alcohol and drugs
Verb
[-dosing, -dosed]
to take more of a drug than is safe, either accidentally or deliberately: this drug is rarely prescribed because it is easy to overdose fatally on it
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.overdoseoverdose - dose too heavily; "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room"
o.d.
drug, dose - administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
Translations
Spanish overdose [ˈəuvədəus] n → sobredosis f inv
French overdose [ˈəuvədəus] over n → dose excessive
German overdose [ˈəuvədəus] n → Überdosis f
Italian overdose [ˈəuvədəus] n → dose f eccessiva
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But we assert that she died of an overdose of arsenic, ignorantly taken, in the privacy of her own room, as a remedy for the defects--the proved and admitted defects--of her complexion.
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