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Definition of "overdose" []

  • An excessive dose, especially of a narcotic. (noun)
  • To take an overdose. (verb-intransitive)
  • To administer too large a dose or too many doses to. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "overdose" in a sentence
  • "A heroin overdose is precisely the “consequence” — and indeed the natural and easily foreseen consequence — of the action involved: using heroic recreationally."
  • "The link in red with the title "overdose of vitamin A" is malformed."
  • "At the very end we had a possible aspirin overdose but I really hope that came out well."