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Synonyms for cocaine

Grammar : Noun
Spell : koh-keyn, koh-keyn
Phonetic Transcription : koʊˈkeɪn, ˈkoʊ keɪn

Top 10 synonyms for cocaine
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Définition of cocaine

Origin :
  • 1874, from Modern Latin cocaine (1856), coined by Albert Niemann of Gottingen University from coca (from Quechua cuca) + chemical suffix -ine (2). A medical coinage, the drug was used 1870s as a local anaesthetic for eye surgery, etc. "It is interesting to note that although cocaine is pronounced as a disyllabic word it is trisyllabic in its formation." [Flood]
  • noun illegal drug
Example sentences :
  • The worst of it is that the introduction of the cocaine into my eyes has been of no avail.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • There is also some evidence of an increase in the use of drugs, cocaine and the like.
  • Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
  • At last he took four grains of cocaine and put in sixteen drops of water.
  • Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
  • I suggested to him to sleep and to take food and to reduce the cocaine dose by a fourth.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • He did not connect the fear at all with his misuse of cocaine.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • Now I concentrated my efforts on the reduction of the cocaine.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • Cocaine is possibly the most insidious of all drugs yet known.
  • Extract from : « Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why » by Martha M. Allen
  • "They say there's a deal of cocaine taken in the States now," said the captain.
  • Extract from : « The Trembling of a Leaf » by William Somerset Maugham
  • That a man with two shots of cocaine in him could lick Jack Dempsey.
  • Extract from : « The American Credo » by George Jean Nathan
  • The uneasiness and erratic movements of a user of cocaine was in her manner.
  • Extract from : « The Lady Doc » by Caroline Lockhart
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