DESIGNER DRUG

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A psychoactive drug deliberately synthesized to avoid anti-drug laws; mimics the effects of a banned drug; law was revised in 1986 to ban designer drugs

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Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("designer drug" is a kind of...):

consciousness-altering drug; mind-altering drug; psychoactive drug; psychoactive substance (a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions)

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