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causing or relating to a physiological need for certain drugs cocaine is highly addicting

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Recent Examples of addicting Pulling off a difficult maneuver well is such an addicting feeling. Alex Badia, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019 But its most enduring focus was using the 18th century medical model of intoxication as a disease to convince Americans that alcohol was an addicting poison, not an innocuous part of everyday life. Elizabeth Marshall / Made By History, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024 And yet, this unexpectedly addicting appetizer disappeared quickly from the buffet table, and everyone was bestowing compliments on me. Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2024 Sucrose is the type of sugar labeled as bad or addicting. Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for addicting 

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“Addicting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/addicting. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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