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noun

ˈdrəg How to pronounce drug (audio)
Definition of drugnext
as in medication
a substance or preparation used to treat disease prescribed a drug to treat the bacterial infection

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verb

as in to dose

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Recent Examples of drug
Noun
Ten days later, another sailor aboard the aircraft carrier was hospitalized for a drug overdose and was given Narcan, a medication that stops the effects of opioids. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026 The ads for an illicit weight-loss drug are all over social media. — Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
The three-part documentary series tells the story of three brothers who were recently convicted of preying on women for more than a decade, masquerading as party boys while drugging and raping them from the Hamptons to Aspen. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 May 2026 For most of the nearly 50 years since KRAS was first discovered, scientists struggled to effectively drug the cancer protein. — Angus Chen, STAT, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for drug
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drug
  1. medication
  2. dose
  3. medicine
  4. remedy
  5. cure
  6. medicinal
Noun
  • Looks like the method acting (stopping his heart medication in order to play a dying man) paid off.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
  • These studies compared back support braces either on their own, with no other interventions, or their use in conjunction with other pain management recommendations such as physical activity and/or medication.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of medication
Verb
  • Of those, 94% were in unvaccinated people or people with an unknown vaccination status, while 3% occurred in people who had received one MMR dose.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The latest findings indicated the vest could reduce an astronaut’s radiation dose by about 60% in a solar storm as fierce as the one in 1972 and by nearly 40% in a calamity mirroring 1989.
    — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of dose
Noun
  • Now, a substantial portion of the country will be rooting for Michigan to take its medicine against Oklahoma.
    — Austin Meek, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The visitors spoke of the risks of the medicines Kiju made in our kitchen, of the dangers of a mistaken mushroom in a tonic, of the potential of death in the misuse of a berry or leaf.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of medicine
Noun
  • Moving wild horses to the farm prevents them from accessing natural fly remedies on the Outer Banks, which include standing in strong breezes on the beach, rolling in the sand and even wading into the ocean.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Coaches may find out the hard way that the tactical landscape has shifted and that not all problems lead to Guardiola-style remedies.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of remedy
Noun
  • There are treatments available to address the symptoms of stiff-person syndrome but there is currently no cure for the chronic and progressive condition.
    — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Coinbase’s whitepaper frames legacy systems as burdened by chargeback risk and positions instant finality as the cure.
    — Tomer Warschauer Nuni, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of cure
Noun
  • Others have a more functional endeavor, foraging for food or medicinals.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of medicinal

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“Drug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drug. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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