opiate
IPA: ˈoʊpiʌt
noun
- (pharmacology) A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
- Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.
verb
- (transitive) To treat with an opiate drug.
adjective
- (pharmacology) Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
- Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
- Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.
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Examples of "opiate" in Sentences
- The effects are not like opiates.
- They are the opiate of the masses.
- Religion isn't the opiate of the masses.
- Sigma antagonists potentiate opiate analgesia in rats.
- An opiate is any of the narcotic alkaloids found in opium.
- Oripavine is an opiate and the major metabolite of thebaine.
- In the 1800s opiates and cocaine were mostly unregulated drugs.
- If religion is the opiate of the masses, then juche is the methedone.
- The best prevention of opiate addiction remains the ban on recreational use.
- Suboxone and Subutex were created to help opiate addicted patients detoxify.
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