Veronal

Definitions

A barbiturate, used formerly to induce sleep.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“He was by now so worn out that he could not resist⟳ my firmness. I gave him a sufficient dose of veronal to insure his unconsciousness for several hours. I thought that was the best service I could render him.”

“She died of an overdose of veronal. She's been taking it lately for sleeplessness. Must have⟳ taken too much.”

“I have⟳ seen the Brazilian press⟳ photograph of Zweig and Lotte, his second wife, lying dead of their overdoses of veronal on two pushed-together single iron⟳ bedsteads, he on his back, mouth a little agape, in a sweat-stained shirt and knitted tie, she on his shoulder in a floral wrap⟳ and clean⟳ hair, and you can practically hear⟳ the ceiling fan going round.”

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