alcoholism
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1. an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess (noun.motive)
2. habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | drug addiction, white plague, |
| definition | : | an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | inebriate, intoxicate, soak, |
| definition | : | make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) (verb.consumption) |
| derivation | : | inebriate, intoxicate, soak, |
| definition | : | make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) (verb.consumption) |
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