The addict died from a drug overdose.
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Overdose
//ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdəʊs//
Synonyms for "overdose" (122 found)
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5 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- جُرْعَة زَائِدَة noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Basque
1 entries- gaindosi noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Belarusian
1 entries- перадазіро́ўка noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Bulgarian
2 entries- свръхдо́за noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- предозирам verb (to dose excessively)
Catalan
1 entries- sobredosi noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 吸毒過量 /吸毒过量 noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- 用藥過量 /用药过量 noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- 藥劑過量 /药剂过量 noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- 吸毒過量 /吸毒过量 verb (to dose excessively)
Czech
1 entries- předávkovat verb (to dose excessively)
Dutch
1 entries- overdosis noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Esperanto
1 entries- trodozi verb (to dose excessively)
Finnish
3 entries- yliannos noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- överit noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- ottaa liikaa verb (to dose excessively)
French
4 entries- overdose noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- surdosage noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- surdose noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- surdoser verb (to dose excessively)
German
2 entries- Überdosis noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- überdosieren verb (to dose excessively)
Hebrew
1 entries- מנת יתר noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Hungarian
2 entries- túladagolás noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- túladagol verb (to dose excessively)
Italian
1 entries- overdose noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Japanese
2 entries- オーバードース noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- 過剰摂取 noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Korean
1 entries- 과다복용 noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- overdose noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- overdosere verb (to dose excessively)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- overdose noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Polish
3 entries- przedawkowanie noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- przedawkować verb (to dose excessively)
- przedawkowywać verb (to dose excessively)
Portuguese
3 entries- overdose noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- overdose noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- superdose noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Romanian
1 entries- supradoză noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Russian
2 entries- передозиро́вка noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- передози́ровать verb (to dose excessively)
Spanish
2 entries- sobredosis noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- sobredosificar verb (to dose excessively)
Swedish
2 entries- överdos noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- överdosera verb (to dose excessively)
Turkish
1 entries- aşırı doz noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Ukrainian
3 entries- передозува́ння noun (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
- передозо́вувати verb (to dose excessively)
- передозува́ти verb (to dose excessively)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Dalida died from an overdose of sleeping pills.
Source: tatoeba (510581)
I was flabbergasted to hear that she died of a drug overdose. She always seemed like such a straight arrow to me.
Source: tatoeba (958671)
Tom took an overdose of sleeping pills.
Source: tatoeba (1092663)
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