(~s, ~ging, ~ged)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a chemical which is given to people in order to treat or prevent an illness or disease.
The ~ will be useful to hundreds of thousands of infected people.
...the ~ companies.
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2.
Drugs are substances that some people take because of their pleasant effects, but which are usually illegal.
His mother was on ~s, on cocaine...
She was sure Leo was taking ~s...
...the problem of ~ abuse.
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3.
If you ~ a person or animal, you give them a chemical substance in order to make them sleepy or unconscious.
She was ~ged and robbed.
VERB: V n
4.
If food or drink is ~ged, a chemical substance is added to it in order to make someone sleepy or unconscious when they eat or drink it.
I wonder now if that drink had been ~ged...
Anyone could have ~ged that wine.
VERB: be V-ed, V n