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intoxications

intoxications is the plural of intoxication.

Meaning of intoxication

Noun

intoxication (countable and uncountable, plural intoxications)

  1. A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
    • He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.
  2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk.
  3. The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
  4. (figuratively) A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
    • Excitement leads to enthusiasm, that moral intoxication, whose effects seem incredible to the sober, while the influence which produces the extravagance appears more extraordinary than the act itself.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 35

Phrases with intoxications

Questions about intoxications

What is intoxications the plural of?
Intoxications is the plural of intoxication.

Words near intoxications in the dictionary

  1. intoxicatest
  2. intoxicateth
  3. intoxicating
  4. intoxicatingly
  5. intoxication
  6. intoxications
  7. intoxicative
  8. intoxicator
  9. intoxicators
  10. intoxification
  11. intoxifications

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