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Noun barbiturate has 1 sense

• barbiturate(n = noun.artifact) - organic compound having powerful soporific effect; overdose can be fatal;
has particulars: amobarbital, barbital, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid, diethylmalonylurea, veronal, mebaral, mephobarbital, nembutal, pentobarbital, pentobarbital sodium, yellow jacket, red devil, secobarbital, secobarbital sodium, seconal, luminal, phenobarbital, phenobarbitone, purple heart, sodium thiopental, pentothal, thiopental, thiopental sodium, thiopentobarbital sodium
is a kind of sedative-hypnotic, sedative-hypnotic drug

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THESAURUS

barbiturate

Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic, anodyne, barb, barbiturate pill, black stuff, blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, calmative, chloral hydrate, codeine, codeine cough syrup, depressant, depressor, dolly, downer, goofball, hard stuff, heroin, hop, horse, hypnotic, junk, knockout drops, laudanum, liquor, lotus, meperidine, methadone, morphia, morphine, narcotic, opiate, opium, pacifier, pain killer, paregoric, pen yan, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, purple heart, quietener, rainbow, red, scag, secobarbital sodium, sedative, shit, sleep-inducer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, smack, sodium thiopental, somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, tar, tranquilizer, turps, white stuff, yellow, yellow jacket

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