Intoxication

Definitions

1. A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.
   countable, uncountable
2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk.
   countable, uncountable
3. The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
   countable, uncountable
4. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.”

“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.”

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