intoxication

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

intoxication (countable and uncountable, plural intoxications)

1. A poisoning, as by a spirituous or a narcotic substance.

   He suffered acute intoxication from the combined effects of several drugs.

2. The state of being intoxicated or drunk.

   Synonyms: inebriation, ebriety, drunkenness

3. The act of intoxicating or making drunk.
4. A high excitement of mind; an elation which rises to enthusiasm, frenzy, or madness.

From intoxiquer +‎ -tion

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intoxication f (plural intoxications)

1. poisoning
2. the act of spreading false information or propaganda

In French, the word intoxication is used more broadly than in English to refer to the poisoning of an organism by a variety of means such as herbicide or poisonous gas as well as by alcohol or narcotics.

• “intoxication” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

intoxication (uncountable)

1. intoxication