addictive
adjective
ad·dic·tive
ə-ˈdik-tiv 
a-
: causing or characterized by addiction
an addictive drug
an addictive personality
Examples of addictive in a Sentence
highly addictive drugs like crack and heroin
the addictive thrill of surfing
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400,000 American teenagers are using addictive nicotine pouches like Zyn.
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
Everything from Mexican pop to European experimentalism was strained, boiled, compressed and stretched into addictive instrumental taffy.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
One Year After the Fall of Roe v. Wade
Are mifepristone and misoprostol addictive drugs?
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 24 May 2024
Around the same time, pharmaceutical companies were inundating pharmacies across the country with addictive pain pills.
—Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 23 May 2024
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Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
Everything from Mexican pop to European experimentalism was strained, boiled, compressed and stretched into addictive instrumental taffy.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
One Year After the Fall of Roe v. Wade
Are mifepristone and misoprostol addictive drugs?
—Chantelle Lee, TIME, 24 May 2024
Around the same time, pharmaceutical companies were inundating pharmacies across the country with addictive pain pills.
—Jessica Gallagher, New York Times, 23 May 2024
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addictive
adjective
ad·dic·tive
ə-ˈdik-tiv
a-
: causing or characterized by addiction
an addictive drug
an addictive game
Medical Definition
addictive
adjective
ad·dic·tive
ə-ˈdik-tiv
: causing or characterized by addiction
addictive drugs
Legal Definition
addictive
adjective
ad·dic·tive
ə-ˈdik-tiv
: causing or characterized by addiction
addictive drugs
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