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Synonyms o.d.
Type of dose, drug


The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room.

Examples of overdose

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Overdose victims immediately wake up, no longer feeling any effects of the drug.
From the post-gazette.com
Larger reductions in overdose deaths would require an expansion of the facility.
From the sciencedaily.com
One in eight prisoners take a heroin overdose within two weeks of their release.
From the guardian.co.uk
She was disoriented from an apparent overdose of prescription drugs and alcohol.
From the dispatch.com
The other child star from the show, Dana Plato, died of a drug overdose in 1999.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Like any substance marijuana can be abused, but it is impossible to overdose on.
From the thenewstribune.com
In 1986, 22-year-old Boston Celtics forward Len Bias died of a cocaine overdose.
From the scienceblogs.com
The reporters uncovered almost 400 overdose deaths involving prescription drugs.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Whites were much more likely to overdose on analgesics than blacks or Hispanics.
From the sciencedaily.com
Last summer, Reid's son, Garrett, died in a Lehigh dorm room of a drug overdose.
From the sacbee.com
An autopsy showed Elbert died of a drug overdose after two of the bags ruptured.
From the denverpost.com
Number 9 implies that Mia Zapata from the Gits died of suicide or drug overdose.
From the guardian.co.uk
The drug was everywhere, and as purity rose so did the risk of a fatal overdose.
From the time.com
Jackson died in June 2009 from an overdose of the powerful anaesthetic propofol.
From the couriermail.com.au
His mother, Casto said, worked as a prostitute before dying of a drug overdose.
From the thenewstribune.com
The father was conscious but sick, apparently from an overdose of sleeping pills.
From the stltoday.com
That was more than the number of overdose deaths for heroin and cocaine combined.
From the orlandosentinel.com
St. Louis and St. Louis County alone recorded 100 heroin overdose deaths in 2009.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • Dose too heavily; "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room"
  • The term drug overdose (or simply overdose or OD) describes the ingestion or application of a drug or other substance in quantities that are excessive. An overdose is widely considered harmful and dangerous as it can result in death.
  • Overdose (foaled 2 April 2005 in Nottinghamshire, Great Britain) is a Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse. As of August 2010, he won all but one of his 15 races.
  • Overdose is a Yahoo! Chat client written in C, and using the curses library for text I/O. It is multithreaded using pthreads, and works on Linux/BSD/Unix and Windows.
  • Let There Be Rock is the fourth studio album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC, released in March 1977. All songs were written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott.
  • The Overdose is the fourth album released by rap group, 11/5. It was released on November 2, 1999 for Dog Day and featured production from T.C., The Enhancer, Mr. Laid, Chill Black and Sean T. This was the groups first studio album to not make it on any charts.
  • (Overdosing (album)) Overdosing is the name of the first release by electro-industrial duo Decoded Feedback. It was the first to gain wide attention, and was originally released by Hard Records in Europe and Cleopatra Records in North America. It was later re-released by Dying Culture records.
  • The condition that results when too much of a drug is taken, making a person sick or unconscious and sometimes resulting in death.
  • An amount of drug that is more than what should be taken at one time.