to drug
3
7.9
- verb
- /drʌg/
- NSFW
- You're literally taking a drug that makes you not eat.
Examples
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Does he strike you as the type of man who would have to drug women to have sex with them?
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Why you wanna drug poor Chow?
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Do I drug myself to sleep every night?
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He drinks and drugs himself to death.
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Am I suggesting some sort of conspiracy to drug and indoctrinate our children?
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Voters overwhelmingly approve of his plan to drug test current state workers and job applicants.
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They drink, they drug, they eat a bullet, they fall into depressive states that destroy their lives.
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The NBA might want to drug test Chalmers more often, lol.
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Child Protective Services regularly takes kids away from parents for refusing to drug their kids, arguing that it's child abuse via medical neglect.
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He started to drug himself after feeling overwhelmed by stress.
Synonyms
131
7.5
Take illegal or recreational drugs to change how you feel
16
8.4
To give an athlete or animal drugs to make them perform better unfairly
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- NSFW
55
2.8
Using illegal or harmful drugs too often so they harm a person's health and life
- NSFW
48
5.3
A group that makes and sells illegal drugs and uses violence or bribes officials to control the business
- Formal
45
3.0
A US government agency that checks and approves food, medicine, and medical devices
- NSFW
41
3.7
A fight by police and government against illegal drugs and people who make or sell them
- NSFW
38
3.4
A long-lasting problem where someone cannot stop using drugs even though it harms them
- Specialized
12
3.7
A medicine that has the same dose and effect as a brand-name medicine but costs less
- NSFW
12
4.6
A strong illegal substance that people quickly become addicted to, like heroin or cocaine
- NSFW
11
7.4
An illegal drug people use for fun that changes how they think and can harm them
A United States government agency that enforces laws about illegal drugs
- Formal
6
3.4
A United States agency that enforces laws about illegal drugs and arrests people who sell them
- NSFW
4
7.2
A drug that makes you see or hear things that are not real and changes how you think and feel
- Specialized
3
4.2
A medicine sold under a company's name that only that company sells
- Specialized
3
3.2
A medicine that treats depression by changing chemicals in the brain
- Specialized
2
4.4
Something that changes how the mind works and so changes mood, behaviour and what you notice
- Specialized
1
3.0
A medicine that kills or stops the growth of bacteria to treat infections
- NSFW
1
5.8
A drug taken for pleasure that changes how you think and can cause addiction or harm
- Specialized
1
4.1
A medicine that calms serious mental problems like hearing or seeing things that are not there
- Specialized
1
6.5
A drug that ends a pregnancy by causing the body to remove the unborn baby
- Specialized
1
3.9
A drug that makes the body's immune system weaker to prevent organ rejection or treat autoimmune disease
- NSFW
1
4.8
A drug with mild effects, for example cannabis, that does not often cause addiction
- Specialized
1
4.1
A medicine that reduces pain and swelling without steroids, like ibuprofen or aspirin
- Specialized
1
6.8
A medicine for depression that raises mood chemicals in the brain like serotonin and norepinephrine
- Specialized
1
4.2
A medicine that prevents or reduces seizures in people with epilepsy
- Formal
1
3.9
The official removal of a medicine from sale by authorities or makers because it is unsafe
- Specialized
1
7.2
A drug that blocks a nerve chemical called acetylcholine in the nervous system
- Specialized
1
4.1
A medicine that prevents or controls seizures in people with epilepsy
- Specialized
1
7.0
A medicine sold under a brand name that only one company can make
- Specialized
1
3.7
A medicine that makes the body pass more urine to remove extra water
- Specialized
1
4.9
A medicine that kills cells and helps treat cancer during chemotherapy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drug as a verb meaning to take drugs comes from the noun drug, a substance that changes the mind or body. So to 'drug' (yourself) is to use that substance, often in a way that is illegal or harmful.