From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoverdoseo‧ver‧dose1 /ˈəʊvədəʊs $ ˈoʊvərdoʊs/ noun [countable] 1 MDDMDtoo much of a drug taken at one timeoverdose of a massive overdose of heroin She took an overdose and died two days later.2 too much of something, especially something harmfuloverdose of an overdose of sun
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overdose• Sister Aimee died in 1944, from an accidental overdose of sleeping tablets.• Moon died in 1978, after an overdose of the prescribed drug he was taking to ease himself out of alcoholism.• For small children, an overdose can result from swallowing as few as three vitamins with iron.• His daughter had died of an overdose of drugs three years before.• The 18-year-old male died of an overdose of sleeping pills.• an overdose of soap operas• Acute cocaine overdose may occur at any stage if a package bursts.• No hypnotic was prescribed in view of the risk of a further overdose.• The hospital subsequently discovered that her death was the result of a massive overdose of a powerful anticancer drug.• First, many patients in hospital have taken overdoses or injured themselves in the past.took an overdose• Just before Christmas he took an overdose of pills.• When she refused he took an overdose of his barbiturate tablets in front of her.• The patient described here took an overdose not long after her marriage somewhat unexpectedly came to an end.• The 37-year-old took an overdose of painkillers and lay in sub-zero conditions with just a sleeping bag.• At the age of 20 she took an overdose when she thought a boyfriend was about to desert her.• She mentioned the dashing don in a note found in the room where she took an overdose of pain-killers.• In despair, I unsuccessfully took an overdose.overdoseo‧ver‧dose2 /ˌəʊvəˈdəʊs $ ˌoʊvərˈdoʊs/ verb [intransitive] (abbreviation OD) to take too much of a drug at one time, so that it harms you or kills youoverdose on She overdosed on sleeping pills.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
overdose• Some one who thinks he is taking the herbal product but is instead using the illegal Ecstasy could overdose, Green said.• People who overdose in a suicidal attempt may take one or several drugs but generally ingest at most one pack of each.• Be careful, however, not to overdose on blue.• Right now, he was overdosing on both.• Texas banned the sale of ephedrine to minors after ten teenagers were taken to emergency rooms after overdosing on the drug.overdose on• OD on chocolate• He overdosed on heroin. 