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Definition of "stupefacient" []

  • Inducing stupor; stupefying or narcotic. (adjective)
  • A drug, such as a narcotic, that induces stupor. (noun)

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 "stupefacient" in a sentence
  • "Yo, son, I spent all day up on yo 'ninja website, as it were, drowning in a stupefacient pool, making me a worser person."
  • "Could it also be that our defiant devotion to our favorite stupefacient, combined with the effects of said stupefacient, invites us to dream up quasi-religious justifications for getting zonked four times a day as a sort of sacramental ritual?"
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