noun
- A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol.
- synonyms: inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety
- 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.
- synonyms: alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation
- The act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
- usage: "drink was his downfall"
- synonyms: drink, drinking, boozing, crapulence
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