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OD

[od, ohd] / ɒd, oʊd /
NOUN
overdose of a drug
Synonyms
STRONGEST


VERB
die from overdose
Synonyms


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And legendary videogame creator Hideo Kojima unveiled OD, or Overdose, a project he's working on with Get Out director Jordan Peele.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2023

Guest: Nancy D. Campbell, department head at Rensselaer’s department of science and technology studies, author of OD: Naloxone and the Politics of Overdose.

From Slate Apr. 12, 2023

Andrew recently claimed that his experiences as a chopper pilot in the Falklands had seen him OD on adrenaline and – consequently, somehow – left him biologically incapable of sweating.

From The Guardian Feb. 6, 2020

“Our old friend OD apparently has been granted another official visa,” says one.

From Washington Post Sep. 25, 2018

The crew of the C-54, the OD, his driver, and the tower operators didn't recognize the UFO's as meteors because they were used to seeing the normal "shooting stars" that are most commonly seen.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt

However, the article brings up the excellent point — people in churches and employees in restaurants, fast food, libraries, etc. aren’t trained to deal with OD’s or mental illness.

From New York Times Mar. 12, 2016

I had some food sent up, and slept a few hours on the OD’s bunk.

From Greylorn by Keith Laumer

Yeah, Carroll always acts like he OD’d on Mountain Dew.

From Seattle Times Jul. 30, 2016

And then to wake up the next morning and think: I am biologically incapable of sweating because I ODed on adrenaline in the Falklands.

From The Guardian Nov. 22, 2019

Aged 18, after ODing on brie, he moved to Berlin, where he stayed for a year and abstained from dairy products completely.

From The Guardian Jul. 11, 2011




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