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as in relaxing
tending to calm the emotions and relieve stress
some therapists believe that certain scents can have a narcotic effect on people
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as in hypnotic
tending to cause sleep
the lecturer droned on in a narcotic monotone that eventually had the entire class struggling to stay awake
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as in opiate
something that soothes, calms, or induces passivity or a sense of security
an irradicable sense of self-righteousness seems to be the narcotic that inures these religious fanatics from any realization of the harm they have done
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Recent Examples of narcotic
Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
The man, identified as 62-year-old Donald Lucas Sr., was arrested by the narcotic unit during a meth investigation, officials said.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
From Campaign Promise to Reality Ulbricht, now 40, was convicted in 2015 of multiple charges including distributing narcotics, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiring to commit computer hacking, and money laundering.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Now, police will be able to destroy any narcotic evidence obtained prior to 2015, Harris County DA Sean Teare said at the press conference.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
The man, identified as 62-year-old Donald Lucas Sr., was arrested by the narcotic unit during a meth investigation, officials said.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
Ulbricht, 40, had been serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole since 2015, after he was convicted in federal court on seven charges that included distributing narcotics and conspiring to commit computer hacking.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2025
From Campaign Promise to Reality Ulbricht, now 40, was convicted in 2015 of multiple charges including distributing narcotics, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiring to commit computer hacking, and money laundering.
—Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for narcotic
Adjective
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Their fusion of folk instrumentation and electronic production makes for a hypnotic, genre-blurring experience.—
Rob Reed,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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Svengali sets his sights on Trilby O’Farrell (Marian Marsh), an artist’s model, and the sinister teacher’s pattern of manipulation and ruin seems to be repeating itself yet again—but Trilby’s old lover, Billee (Bramwell Fletcher), seeks to discover the truth about Svengali’s hypnotic influence.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
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Stedman said many patients were not trying to take an opiate.—
Bianca Moreno-Paz,
Austin American-Statesman,
2 May 2024
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Addicted to opiates and alcohol, his life changes when a young man, Drew Starkey’s Eugene Allerton, arrives on the scene, stirring Craig’s character into earth-shattering infatuation.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Jan. 2025
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Using tranquilizers, chalk, and a chainsaw, a good team of wildlife veterinarians can put down, de-horn, and wake up a rhino inside 20 minutes.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
16 Jan. 2025
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Following his 2017 indictment for marijuana usage, which remains strictly forbidden in South Korea, Seung-hyun overdosed on tranquilizers.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
28 Dec. 2024
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For both of these tests, your healthcare provider will numb the area of the body using a local anesthetic.—
Doru Paul,
Health,
10 Jan. 2025
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Perhaps that was a response, an emotional anesthetic of sorts, to the horror of the first few years of the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Fran Tirado,
Them,
20 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Much research has gone into this field, with the AKC suggesting that classical, reggae, and soft rock music appear to be the most soothing for dogs.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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There are few things more soothing than popping a gummy and lying down for a 90-minute massage.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
The Denver Post,
31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In any case, chamomile flowers—which look like adorable, tiny daisies—contain flavonoids, terpenoids, and coumarins which certainly have mildly sedative, anti-inflammatory, and antispasmodic properties.—
Valentina Bottoni,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2024
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The population is impatient and the sedative effect of the impeachment process will soon wear off, which could mean new protests and instability if there are no significant changes in the short term.—
Moisés Costa,
Foreign Affairs,
16 May 2016
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“Narcotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/narcotic. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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