doping

[doh-ping] / ˈdoʊ pɪŋ /

VERB

drug someone

Synonyms

STRONG

adulterate anesthetize deaden debase inject load narcotize sedate soak sophisticate stupefy

WEAK

knock out put to sleep

Antonyms

STRONG

clean purify

Example Sentences

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When news broke that Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has begun an appeal against a four-year doping ban, many football fans immediately asked, what ban?

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Ruth Chepngetich, winner of the 2024 Chicago Marathon in a world-record 2:09:56, was hit with a three-year ban for doping in 2025.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

In 2019, after Ms. Cain severed ties with him, Mr. Salazar was banned from track for four years for doping violations and was later found—by the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

If Lance Armstrong had been rewarded — rather than sanctioned — for doping, what would have happened to competitive cycling?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Maddie was out every Saturday that summer tinkering with engines and doping fabric wings and making friends.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein