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overdose

[oh-ver-dohs, oh-ver-dohs, oh-ver-dohs]

noun

overdosed, overdosing 
  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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ˌDZˈDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of overdose1

First recorded in 1680–90; over- + dose
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Cincinnati pitcher Wade Miley is accused in court documents of providing drugs to the late Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who died of an accidental overdose.

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A Los Angeles County probation officer was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges he smuggled drugs into a juvenile hall where a teen died of a drug overdose in 2023, prosecutors said.

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The decline in overdose death rates started the month after the nasal spray became widely available.

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Bianco maintains the jail deaths, many of which authorities attribute to drug overdoses and suicides, are a reflection of the inmates’ life choices rather than a sign of any problem with the jail system.

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She temporarily lost use of her legs after an overdose, which also rendered her incontinent.

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