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Meaning of "intoxicant" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF INTOXICANT

ɪnˈtɒksɪkənt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTOXICANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intoxicant can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INTOXICANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Psychoactive drug

A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that crosses the blood–brain barrier and acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it affects brain function, resulting in alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, and behavior. These substances may be used recreationally, to purposefully alter one's consciousness, or as entheogens, for ritual, spiritual, or shamanic purposes, as a tool for studying or augmenting the mind. Some categories of psychoactive drugs, which are prescription medicines, have medical therapeutic utility,e.g.,as anesthetics, analgesics, hormonal preparations, anticonvulsant and antiparkinsonian drugs or for the treatment of neuro-psychiatric disorders, as hypnotic drugs, anxiolytic and some stimulant medications used in ADHD and some sleep disorders. There are also some psychoactive substances used in the detoxification and rehabilitation programs for psychoactive drug users. Psychoactive substances often bring about subjective changes in consciousness and mood that the user may find pleasant or advantageous and are thus reinforcing.

Definition of intoxicant in the English dictionary

The definition of intoxicant in the dictionary is anything that causes intoxication. Other definition of intoxicant is causing intoxication.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTOXICANT

abdicant · antidesiccant · applicant · communicant · dedicant · desiccant · detoxicant · exsiccant · fabricant · indicant · insignificant · lubricant · mendicant · nonsignificant · significant · supplicant · toxicant · urticant · vacant · vesicant

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTOXICANT

intonation · intonation contour · intonation pattern · intonational · intonator · intone · intoner · intoning · intoningly · intorsion · intort · intortion · intown · intoxicate · intoxicated · intoxicatedly · intoxicating · intoxicatingly · intoxication · intoximeter

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTOXICANT

Alacant · alicant · cant · contraindicant · coruscant · cosecant · decant · emicant · eradicant · formicant · job applicant · medicant · nigricant · noncommunicant · predicant · prejudicant · provocant · radicant · scant · secant

Synonyms and antonyms of intoxicant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «intoxicant» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF INTOXICANT

Find out the translation of intoxicant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of intoxicant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intoxicant» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

醉人
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

intoxicante
570 millions of speakers
en

English

intoxicant
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

नशा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مسكر
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

опьяняющее
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

intoxicante
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

মাদকদ্রব্য
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

toxique
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mabuk
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Rauschmittel
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

酔わせる
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

유독성
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Mabuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm say
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மதுவையும்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मादक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

sarhoş edici
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

inebriante
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

odurzający
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

п´янке
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

intoxicant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οινοπνευματώδες ποτό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedwelming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intoxicant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rusmiddel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intoxicant

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTOXICANT»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of intoxicant
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «intoxicant».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intoxicant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTOXICANT»

Discover the use of intoxicant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intoxicant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Drug, Set, And Setting: The Basis for Controlled Intoxicant Use
"This cogently written work should be of interest to members of the medical community, particularly those who have contact with substance abusers, psychiatrists, sociologists, policymakers, administrators, and interested laypersons.
Norman E. Zinberg, 1986
2
Sourcebook Criminal Law
offender. Subsection (4)(b) therefore provides that subsection (1) shall not apply in a case of combined intoxication and mental disorder. 8.46 Definitions: (a) ' Intoxicant'. It is desirable to define 'intoxicant' (and, by implication, 'intoxication') for ...
Hungerford Welch Staff, 2001
3
Offences Against the Person
A person is involuntarily intoxicated under the clause if one of four conditions is satisfied, namely: (a) at the time he took the intoxicant he was not aware that it was or might be an intoxicant; or (b) he took the intoxicant solely for medicinal ...
Emanuel Rosen, 1999
4
Report of the Wisconsin Legislative Council
57 (2) If the actor proves by a preponderance of the evidence that 58 the death would have resulted even if he had been exercising due care 59 and even if he had not been under the influenc of an intoxicant, he 60 has a defense under this  ...
Wisconsin. Legislature. Legislative Council, 1950
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Report of the Wisconsin Legislative Council, Submitted to ...
57 (2) If the actor proves by a preponderance of the evidence that 58 the death would have resulted even if he had been exercising due care 59 and even if he had not been under the infiuenc of an intoxicant, he 60 has a defense under this  ...
Wisconsin. Legislature. Legislative Council. Judiciary Committee, 1951
6
Cases & Materials on Criminal Law: Fourth Edition
Subsection (5)(a) therefore defines an intoxicant as anything which, when taken into the body, may impair awareness or control. The paragraph makes specific reference to alcohol not only because it is the most common intoxicant but also in  ...
Mike Molan, Professor of Legal Education and Executive Dean Academic Development Mike Molan, 2009
7
Mechanisms and Concepts in Toxicology
The following are examples which result in significant reductions of the concentration of intoxicant: 1 Extracellular proteins; albumin. 2 Intracellular proteins; haemoglobin. 3 Intracellular proteins; ligandin (glutathione transferase). 4 Intracellular ...
W. Norman Aldridge, 2014
8
English Law
So, the tranquilliser was not an intoxicant in relation to the wholly unexpected violent and aggressive behaviour, but would have been had the issue been about impaired perception and responses caused by the expected tranquillising effects.
Gary Slapper, David Kelly, 2009
9
Judiciary, Criminal Code
1 (1936). 1 340.06 HOMICIDE BY INTOXICATED USER OF VEHICLE OR 2 FIREARM. (1) Whoever while under the influence of an intoxicant 3 so operates a vehicle or handles a firearm as to cause the death of 4 another human being may be ...
Wisconsin. Legislature. Legislative Council, 1953
10
Blackstone's Statutes on Criminal Law 2014-2015
(4) Intoxication resulting from either of the following is an example of involuntary intoxication— (a) administration of an intoxicant to D without D's consent, (b) taking an intoxicant under duress. (5) If D's intoxication results from either of the ...
Peter Glazebrook, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTOXICANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intoxicant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Designer drugs create problems for death investigators | The …
Being unable to identify the intoxicant means toxicology reports are even slower to return because the GBI often has to seek outside help, ... «The Augusta Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
McMackin pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter - Ozark County …
influence of any intoxicant, and public defender John Zimmerman told Carter that McMackin pleaded by Alford plea specifically to the ... «Ozark County Times, Jul 15»
3
TPP trade agreement is yet another disaster for American …
... by an acquiescent Congress and presidents willing to sacrifice our jobs base for the sake of the intellectual intoxicant of “free trade.” A more ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
4
Throats slit while victims were alive: Autopsy - The Tribune
He did not confirm that the youths were administered Celphos or any other intoxicant saying the throats were slit while they were alive. «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
5
Read an exclusive excerpt from new Sherlock Holmes novel, 'Art in …
I knew immediately from his posture and ragged breath that he had taken something, some intoxicant or stimulant. A wave of anger swept over ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
6
Designer drugs create problems for death investigators, officials say
Being unable to identify the intoxicant means toxicology reports are even slower to return as the GBI often has to seek outside help, he said. «The Augusta Chronicle, Jul 15»
7
Ukiah police and fire log: Saturday, July 18, 2015 - Ukiah Daily Journal
In the case of those arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant, all DUI cases reported by law enforcement agencies ... «Ukiah Daily Journal, Jul 15»
8
Dispatch: Arrests; Man cited for inhaling glue; Dog abuse reported …
A 28-year-old Fort Washakie man was cited for Inhaling an Intoxicant. The man was found in a restroom at Sunset Park with bags and empty ... «County 10, Jul 15»
9
Rape, kidnap suspect indicted - The Daily Times: News
Nancy K. Rose, 56, Mimosa Circle, Maryville, was indicted for driving under the influence of an intoxicant, stemming from a Feb. 13 incident. «The Daily Times, Jul 15»
10
CAA seizes intoxicants 'used by schoolchildren'
The Consumer Affairs Authority says that they have seized a type of intoxicant that was allegedly sold to schoolchildren in the Malabe North ... «Newsfirst, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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