Synonyms for overdose
ˈoʊ vərˌdoʊs; ˈoʊ vərˌdoʊs, ˌoʊ vərˈdoʊsover·dose

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1. overdose, o.d.verb

   dose too heavily

   "The rock star overdosed and was found dead in his hotel room"

   Synonyms:
   o.d.

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1. List of paraphrases for "overdose":

   od, o.d., overload, intoxication

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1. Alex Villanueva:

   With opioid overdoses on the rise,( the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department) wants to ensure that inmate safety is of utmost priority, i have implemented a Narcan Custody Pilot Project. In less than ten days the pilot project saved three inmates from an opioid overdose.

2. Southaven Police Chief Tom Long:

   Officers were informed that the individual acting erratically was doing so on an alleged LSD overdose.

3. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call:

   This is a drug that kills indiscriminately, addiction itself is a disease that changes the chemistry of the brain, and it changes it irreparably. … So now, we may be facing not only overdose deaths — what we're doing is we're creating a mental health and substance abuse problem in a generation that will have to be fought hard for the entire lifetime of that individual and the entire lifetime of a generation, so allowing the circumstances to make it so much easier for this to occur is tragic.

4. Claire McCaskill:

   I hear it everywhere I go: 'Drug overdose deaths, the vast majority of them related to prescription opioids or heroin, are single-handedly destroying families and communities across Missouri and the country,' and I refuse to just stand by and watch, we have an obligation to everyone devastated by this epidemic to find answers.

5. Sarah Larney:

   People might be surprised that although overdose was the most common cause of death, it's far from the only cause of death that people using opioids outside a prescription experience at excessive rates, smoking-related illnesses such as cancer and cardiovascular diseases are common. Trauma is another major factor. People are exposed to car accidents, assaults and other causes of injuries at greater than usual rates, and suicide is also much more common than in the broader population.