[
US
/ˌɪnˈtɑksəˌkeɪt/
]
[ UK /ɪntˈɒksɪkˌeɪt/ ]
[ UK /ɪntˈɒksɪkˌeɪt/ ]
VERB
- make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
- have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug
-
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
Music can uplift your spirits
How To Use intoxicate In A Sentence
- As the increase of THC is pumped into the bloodstream, there are no measurable tools to indicate the level of what might be considered an intoxicated level for marijuana, and any classification of such a level [one toke] could be considered illegal and on par with alcohol? 2008 June 28 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous
- However that intoxicated expression immediately cleared when he recognized the face of the girl.
- We were intoxicated by the peaceful power we had.
- Note: The name honeysuckle comes from the sweet nectar flower produces to intoxicate the greedy bee.
- Certainly some witnesses made inflated claims about how much alcohol they had consumed without becoming intoxicated.
- The old man, intoxicated with superhuman enjoyment, and believing himself happy, had just received a cold shower-bath on his passion at the moment when it had risen to the intensest white heat. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
- Driving While Intoxicated killed more people up here than myocardial infarction. DOLL'S EYES
- Lady Leronia turned up completely intoxicated!
- If a large quantity of a given drink intoxicates, then a small quantity of that drink is forbidden.
- From what foul depths could have crawled a man who'd drive well above the speed limit, intoxicated by both alcohol and demon marijuana?