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overdose

1 noun
     
Related topics: Drugs, Medicines, Drug Culture
o‧ver‧dose1 [countable]
1MDDMD too much of a drug taken at one time
overdose of
a massive overdose of heroin
She took an overdose and died two days later.
2 too much of something, especially something harmful
overdose of
an overdose of sun
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