as in hypnotic
tending to cause sleep
morphine is an opiate drug
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as in narcotic
something that soothes, calms, or induces passivity or a sense of security
a cultural critic who argues that the Internet has now joined television as an opiate of the American people
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Recent Examples of opiate
Katie Bain, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
Well, as Makena's investigation shows, for over a decade, he's been posting on Reddit about his use of a genuinely staggering range of drugs, including cocaine, various opiate derivatives, MDMA.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Leah Feiger, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Many libraries train their staff in using Narcan to revive people overdosing on opiates.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Adjective
In a video posted to YouTube Monday (Nov. 4), the producer tells this story alongside Jordan Hamilton, the CEO of Choice House, the Colorado addiction and mental health treatment center for men where Illenium (born Nick Miller) got sober more than a decade ago after an opiate addiction.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
Well, as Makena's investigation shows, for over a decade, he's been posting on Reddit about his use of a genuinely staggering range of drugs, including cocaine, various opiate derivatives, MDMA.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Noun
There was the research chemical subreddit, the drug subreddit, the opiates subreddit, the obscure drugs subreddit, and the opioid underscore RCs, meaning research chemicals subreddit.
—Leah Feiger, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2024
Many libraries train their staff in using Narcan to revive people overdosing on opiates.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Adjective
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Their fusion of folk instrumentation and electronic production makes for a hypnotic, genre-blurring experience.—
Rob Reed,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Svengali sets his sights on Trilby O’Farrell (Marian Marsh), an artist’s model, and the sinister teacher’s pattern of manipulation and ruin seems to be repeating itself yet again—but Trilby’s old lover, Billee (Bramwell Fletcher), seeks to discover the truth about Svengali’s hypnotic influence.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
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Ulbricht, 40, had been serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole since 2015, after he was convicted in federal court on seven charges that included distributing narcotics and conspiring to commit computer hacking.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2025
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He was convicted in 2015 on seven counts related to the site, including distributing narcotics on the Internet and engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Using tranquilizers, chalk, and a chainsaw, a good team of wildlife veterinarians can put down, de-horn, and wake up a rhino inside 20 minutes.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
16 Jan. 2025
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Following his 2017 indictment for marijuana usage, which remains strictly forbidden in South Korea, Seung-hyun overdosed on tranquilizers.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
28 Dec. 2024
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For both of these tests, your healthcare provider will numb the area of the body using a local anesthetic.—
Doru Paul,
Health,
10 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps that was a response, an emotional anesthetic of sorts, to the horror of the first few years of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Fran Tirado,
Them,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Opiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opiate. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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