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Definition of stupefacient in English: stupefacientadjectiveˌstjuːpɪˈfeɪs(ə)ntˌst(j)upəˈfeɪʃənt Medicine (chiefly of a drug) causing semi-consciousness.
nounˌstjuːpɪˈfeɪs(ə)ntˌst(j)upəˈfeɪʃənt Medicine A stupefacient drug. Example sentencesExamples - In his column George Will wrote that our yearly consumption of stupefacients amounts to $50 billion.
- Although some local fishers were trained by foreign fishers to use cyanide as a stupefacient, others found that they could catch live food reef fish using traditional methods, or variations of them.
- Methadone is a kind of artificial stupefacient.
- Sanitary permits prior to import of raw materials for or of finished medical products, including permits for importing narcotics and stupefacients.
- Regarding analgesics, he was remarkably current: ‘The most powerful of the stupefacients is opium.’
Synonyms drug, narcotic, mind-altering drug, sedative, tranquillizer, depressant, sleeping pill, soporific, anaesthetic, painkiller, analgesic, anodyne
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin stupefacient- 'stupefying', from the verb stupefacere. Definition of stupefacient in US English: stupefacientadjectiveˌst(y)o͞opəˈfāSHəntˌst(j)upəˈfeɪʃənt Medicine (chiefly of a drug) causing semiconsciousness.
nounˌst(y)o͞opəˈfāSHəntˌst(j)upəˈfeɪʃənt Medicine A stupefacient drug. Example sentencesExamples - Although some local fishers were trained by foreign fishers to use cyanide as a stupefacient, others found that they could catch live food reef fish using traditional methods, or variations of them.
- Sanitary permits prior to import of raw materials for or of finished medical products, including permits for importing narcotics and stupefacients.
- Regarding analgesics, he was remarkably current: ‘The most powerful of the stupefacients is opium.’
- Methadone is a kind of artificial stupefacient.
- In his column George Will wrote that our yearly consumption of stupefacients amounts to $50 billion.
Synonyms drug, narcotic, mind-altering drug, sedative, tranquillizer, depressant, sleeping pill, soporific, anaesthetic, painkiller, analgesic, anodyne
Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin stupefacient- ‘stupefying’, from the verb stupefacere. |