addict
IPA: ʌdˈɪkt
noun
- A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
- An adherent or fan (of something)
verb
- (transitive, Ancient Rome) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
- (reflexive, now rare, archaic) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
- (transitive, obsolete) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
- (reflexive, obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
- (transitive, now rare, archaic) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
- (transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.
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Examples of "addict" in Sentences
- Some drugs are soporific and addictive.
- Nicotine is the addictive drug in tobacco products.
- By the fall of 1993, Jackson was addicted to the drugs.
- The majority of drug users in Iran are addicted to opium.
- The drug is addictive and has the potential to be harmful.
- Therefore majority of the population are addicted of alcohol.
- The downside to drug abuse is the crash and possible addiction.
- Nicotine is one of the main addictive chemicals found in cigarettes.
- Among the characteristics of alcoholism are compulsion and addiction.
- The subtitle of the work was Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict.
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