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Definition of narcotic:
- A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium ( with morphine), belladonna ( with atropine), and conium.
- Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic.
Synonyms:
charlie, amphetamine, soporific, hypnogogic, opiate, antacid, bionic, antibacterial, uninteresting, somnifacient, antidote, depressant, awareness, hallucinogen, stupefying, Drugs, off, narcotising, clear, injection, hypnagogic, crack, dreamy, broad-spectrum, soporiferous, OD, angel dust, coke, controlled substance, bloodless, numbing, deadening, antibiotic, pacifying, dulling, lulling, narcotics, dose, analgesic, anticoagulant, slumberous, somnolent, dosage, drug, antidepressant, medicated, anodyne, sedative, cannabis, acid, anaesthetic, somniferous, somnific, contraindication, aseptic, anesthetic, antenatal, on, drowsy, sleepy, hypnotic, calming, anabolic steroid, comforting, quieting, Class A drug, clinical, combination, cocaine, narcotizing, dope, antimalarial, relaxing, tranquilizing.
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senseless (part of speech: adjective)
- insensitive,
- unperceptive,
- soporific,
- numb,
- trance-like,
- dead,
- aloof,
- oblivious,
- dull,
- anesthetized,
- senseless,
- callous,
- faint,
- blacked out,
- swooning,
- unconscious,
- unfeeling,
- comatose,
- stupid,
- insentient,
- insensible
Usage examples:
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Sarah Woodham- cold, dark and stern now- was called to speak of her duty in taking to her master his tonic draught, and she could tell of his habit in using a narcotic to produce sleep.
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We will make up a native " chew" after the most approved fashion, and the reader shall judge for himself in which ingredient the narcotic principle is displayed.
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Some writers affirm that it came from Asia and that it was first grown in China having been used by the Chinese long before the narcotic properties of opium were known.