opiate

opiate
[[t]o͟ʊpiət[/t]]
opiates
1) N-COUNT An opiate is a drug that contains opium. Opiates are used to reduce pain or to help people to sleep.

One woman suffered such severe pain she had to take opiates to control it.

2) N-COUNT (disapproval) If you call something an opiate, you disapprove of it because it makes people think less or spend less time on important activities.

...the opiate of mass entertainment...

It was Karl Marx who said, `Religion is the opiate of the people'.

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  • Opiate (EP) — Opiate EP by Tool Released March 10, 1992 Recorded December 1991 January 1992 …   Wikipedia

  • Opiate (EP) — Opiate Extended Play von Tool Veröffentlichung 19. April 1992 Label Zoo Entertainment …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Opiate — EP de Tool Publicación 10 de marzo de 1992 Grabación Diciembre de 1991 enero de 1992 Género(s) Metal alternativo Duración 26:56 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Opiate — (album) Opiate Album par Tool Sortie Mars 1992 Enregistrement Décembre 1991 Janvier 1992 Durée 26:56 Genre(s) Rock indépendant Metal progressif …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Opiate — O pi*ate, n. [From {Opium}: cf. F. opiat.] 1. Originally, a medicine of a thicker consistency than sirup, prepared with opium. Parr. [1913 Webster] 2. Any medicine that contains opium, and has the quality of inducing sleep or repose; a narcotic.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Opiate — O pi*ate, a. [See {Opium}.] Inducing sleep; somniferous; narcotic; hence, anodyne; causing rest, dullness, or inaction; as, the opiate rod of Hermes. Milton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Opiate — O pi*ate, v. t. To subject to the influence of an opiate; to put to sleep. [R.] Fenton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Opiate — bezeichnet: die Mehrzahl von Opiat Pseudonym von Thomas Knak (* 1973), dänischer Musiker, Komponist und Labelbetreiber Opiate (EP), EP der Band Tool aus dem Jahr 1992 Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklär …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • opiate — index cannabis, drug, narcotic (adjective), narcotic (noun) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • opiate — [ō′pē it; ] for v. [, ō′pēāt΄] n. [ML opiatum: see OPIUM] 1. any drug containing opium or any of its derivatives, and acting as a sedative and narcotic 2. anything tending to quiet, soothe, or deaden adj. 1. containing opium 2. bringing sleep,… …   English World dictionary

  • Opiate — Opiate, 1) im Allgemeinen Arzneimischungen, welche Opium enthalten; 2) ehedem viele Zusammensetzungen[314] in Latwergenform, mit u. ohne Opium; so Opiatpflaster, Opiatsyrup, Opiattincturen, s. Opiumpflaster etc …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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