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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An excessively large dose.

   "Much information of this kind lay ready to his hand in the narratives of poisonings and overdosings contained in medical literature."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of overdose form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

allayavalanchebagbangbe brought downbe felled

Example

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"Nigeria has warned against using the drug chloroquine to fight COVID-19 after three people were hospitalized after overdosing on it."

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