The joy of victory so intoxicated the members of the team that they jumped and sang and behaved like crazy men.
Figurative. intoxicate with joy and pride (Robert Southey).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
de|tox|i|cate — «dee TOK suh kayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. to remove poison from; detoxify: »The explanation may lie in the tendency of the organism to detoxicate itself and distribute the alcohol evenly throughout the body (New Scientist) … Useful english dictionary
dis|in|tox|i|cate — «DIHS ihn TOK suh kayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. to free from the effects of intoxication or an intoxicating drug: »to disintoxicate addicts … Useful english dictionary
in·tox·i·cate — … Useful english dictionary
cate — ab·di·cate; ad·ju·di·cate; ad·vo·cate·ship; af·fri·cate; alem·bi·cate; al·lo·cate; al·ter·cate; alu·mi·no·sil·i·cate; ar·sen·i·cate; athe·cate; aus·pi·cate; au·then·ti·cate; bac·cate; be·a·tif·i·cate; bipli·cate; ca·ly·cate; ca·non·i·cate;… … English syllables
detoxicate — de·tox·i·cate … English syllables
intoxicate — in·tox·i·cate … English syllables
detoxicate — To diminish or remove the poisonous quality of any substance; to lessen the virulence of any pathogenic organism. SYN: detoxify. [L. de, from, + toxicum, poison] * * * de·tox·i·cate ( )dē täk sə .kāt vt, cat·ed; cat·ing DETOXIFY de·tox·i·ca·tion … Medical dictionary
disintoxicate — dis·in·tox·i·cate (dĭs ĭn tŏkʹsĭ kāt ) tr.v. dis·in·tox·i·cat·ed, dis·in·tox·i·cat·ing, dis·in·tox·i·cates To free from the effects of intoxication or from dependence on intoxicating agents. dis in·tox i·caʹtion n. * * * … Universalium
disintoxicate — dis·in·tox·i·cate .dis ən täk sə .kāt vt, cat·ed; cat·ing DETOXIFY (2) dis·in·tox·i·ca·tion .täk sə kā shən n … Medical dictionary
detoxicate — de•tox•i•cate [[t]diˈtɒk sɪˌkeɪt[/t]] v. t. cat•ed, cat•ing med to detoxify • Etymology: 1865–70; de +(in)toxicate de•tox′i•cant kənt adj. n … From formal English to slang
