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
David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Other interviews in the film discuss his later opiate addiction.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Dec. 2024
Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 2 May 2024
Addicted to opiates and alcohol, his life changes when a young man, Drew Starkey’s Eugene Allerton, arrives on the scene, stirring Craig’s character into earth-shattering infatuation.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
According to Peter’s report, FWC investigators also found a Costa sunglasses case with drug paraphernalia in it, including needles, a syringe, a spook, cotton balls and a synthetic opioid pill prescribed to people trying to kick opiate addiction.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
Other interviews in the film discuss his later opiate addiction.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 30 Dec. 2024
Noun
Stedman said many patients were not trying to take an opiate.
—Bianca Moreno-Paz, Austin American-Statesman, 2 May 2024
Addicted to opiates and alcohol, his life changes when a young man, Drew Starkey’s Eugene Allerton, arrives on the scene, stirring Craig’s character into earth-shattering infatuation.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Jan. 2025
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On the record, audiophiles can hear celestial and gentle percussion, thumping bass, hypnotic synths, Gray’s own vocals, a buildup that crescendos into a drop that sparks pure elation, symphonic sounds and more.—
Lisa Kocay,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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The somber drama has a cumulative spell, intensified by its hypnotic visual command and an atmospheric principal setting on Germany’s Hallig Islands.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
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The bill permits the Treasury Department secretary to take action if financial institutions outside the United States are suspected of facilitating money laundering for narcotics purposes.—
Ross O'Keefe,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
25 Feb. 2025
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Patron Sanchez, who’s charged with continuing criminal enterprise, narcotics trafficking and firearms charges, faces the possibility of mandatory life in prison if he’s convicted.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2025
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Parker Posey is especially good as a homemaker, Violet Ratliff, who arrives with a cache of tranquilizers—these are soon being pilfered and swallowed by her husband, Timothy (Jason Isaacs), a businessman about to be exposed for fraud.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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He's been shot twice by bullets and other times by tranquilizer darts.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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Topical anesthetics were the least frequently administered, at only 8 per 10,000 IUD placements.—
Adriel Bettelheim,
Axios,
27 Jan. 2025
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The drug is related to ketamine, a common anesthetic that can have hallucinogenic effects and is sometimes misused recreationally.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Opiate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opiate. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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