Definition of intoxication in English:
intoxication
noun ɪnˌtɒksɪˈkeɪʃnɪnˌtɑksəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounThe state of being intoxicated, especially by alcohol.
Example sentencesExamples
- Alcohol meters to test levels of intoxication are being acquired.
- Six jurors believed, like the coroner, that it was acute cocaine intoxication.
- But when you consider the levels of intoxication and the students' smutty fratboy humour, nothing is so certain.
- The test is recommended for on the spot testing whenever alcohol consumption is planned or intoxication is suspected.
- It is our task to deal with all conditions of burns, intoxications and traumas, all kinds of accidents and falling off high places and metabolical conditions.
Synonyms
drunkenness, inebriation, insobriety, tipsiness, stupefaction
informal tightness
rare inebriety, crapulence
Definition of intoxication in US English:
intoxication
nounɪnˌtɑksəˈkeɪʃ(ə)ninˌtäksəˈkāSH(ə)n
The state of being intoxicated, especially by alcohol.
Example sentencesExamples
- Six jurors believed, like the coroner, that it was acute cocaine intoxication.
- Alcohol meters to test levels of intoxication are being acquired.
- The test is recommended for on the spot testing whenever alcohol consumption is planned or intoxication is suspected.
- But when you consider the levels of intoxication and the students' smutty fratboy humour, nothing is so certain.
- It is our task to deal with all conditions of burns, intoxications and traumas, all kinds of accidents and falling off high places and metabolical conditions.
Synonyms
drunkenness, inebriation, insobriety, tipsiness, stupefaction