opiate

  1. Adjective.  Relating to, resembling, or containing opium.
  2. Adjective.  Soporific; inducing sleep or sedation.
  3. Adjective.  Deadening; causing apathy or dullness.
  4. Noun.  A drug, hormone or other substance derived from or related to opium.
  5. Noun.  Something that dulls the senses and induces a false and unrealistic sense of contentment.
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To treat with an opiate drug.

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