freebased
freebased is the simple past and past participle of freebase.
Meaning of freebase
Verb
freebase (third-person singular simple present freebases, present participle freebasing, simple past and past participle freebased)
- To purify a drug by crystallization.
- To use a purified drug, especially cocaine, by heating it and inhaling the fumes produced.
- Richard, one of my friends in L.A., claimed to have invented freebasing— smoking cocaine in its base form—though it's likely that what he meant was that he introduced a whole bunch of people to the process.2009, Mackenzie Phillips, High On Arrival, page 82
Questions about freebased
- What is freebased the simple past and past participle of?
- Freebased is the simple past and past participle of freebase.
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