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