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Definition overdose in American English

overdose noun

[countable] noun
/ˈoʊvərˌdoʊs/
1

too much of a drug that someone takes at one time

Example

She'd taken a massive overdose of sleeping pills.

1.1

an amount of anything that is considered to be too much

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Definition overdose in American English