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overdose

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

noun

, o·ver·dosed, o·ver·dos·ing.
  1. OD.


overdose

noun

  1. (esp of drugs) an excessive dose
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to take an excessive dose or give an excessive dose to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌoverˈdosage, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of overdose1

First recorded in 1680–90; over- + dose
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Example Sentences

“Follow the pills and you’ll find the overdose deaths,” Eric Eyre’s two-part investigation begins.

The preliminary data found that more than 81,000 people died of an overdose in the 12-month period that ended this May—the largest number ever recorded.

Before lawmakers’ questions, the panel aired video remarks by parents whose children died of overdoses.

A 2018 study published in the journal Science found that overdose death rates have increased exponentially and “along a remarkably smooth trajectory” in the past 40 years.

For some, the virtual meetings are a lifeline that has helped them maintain their sobriety during a time when mental health issues, alcohol consumption and overdoses are on the rise.

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.

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