drug overdose

collocation in English

meaningsofdrugandoverdose

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drug
noun[C]
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/drʌɡ/us
/drʌɡ/
any natural or artificially made chemical that is used as ...
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overdose
noun[C]
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/ˈəʊ.və.dəʊs/us
/ˈoʊ.vɚ.doʊs/
too much of a drug taken or given at one time, either intentionally or ...
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(Definition ofdrugandoverdosefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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While he was in prison, two of his brothers died, one of adrugoverdose.
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Inadvertantdrugoverdosewas suspected, although verapamil levels were not obtained by the outside hospital.
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The most prevalent cause of death in the drug addict group wasdrugoverdose(53 %), whereas in the other group 66 % died from various somatic diseases.
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Police originally considered her death adrugoverdose.
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She died of adrugoverdosein her flat.
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He later died of a suspecteddrugoverdose.
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He says she is dead of a sleepingdrugoverdose.
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He died shortly afterwards of adrugoverdose.
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The cause was initially believed to bedrugoverdose.
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A medical report later determined that he died of an accidentaldrugoverdose.
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She died of an intentionaldrugoverdoseat the age of 29 in 1948.
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She ended her life with an accidentaldrugoverdosein 1972.
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He subsequently collapsed after adrugoverdoseand was rushed to hospital.
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Undercover cops made more than 100 drug busts, and one person died from adrugoverdose.
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Lochary would later die of adrugoverdoseduring the film's production.
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Nine prisoners were recaptured and according to authorities one died of adrugoverdose.
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An autopsy was never performed and authorities ruled his death as a probabledrugoverdose.
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She died of adrugoverdosein 1999 at the age of 34.
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Within a year and a half, she was dead of an apparentdrugoverdose.
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The cause of death was an accidentaldrugoverdoseon a prescription medicine.
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The official cause of his death is from adrugoverdose.
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Autopsy later determined the cause of his death asdrugoverdose.
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Hoon would die of adrugoverdoseless than a month later.
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Extremely low blood pressure can also result fromdrugoverdoseand reactions to drugs.
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At age 27, she died suddenly of a medically induceddrugoverdose.
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