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CRACK COCAINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crack cocaine mean?
• CRACK COCAINE (noun)
The noun CRACK COCAINE has 1 sense:
1. a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
Familiarity information: CRACK COCAINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("crack cocaine" is a kind of...):
cocain; cocaine (a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive)
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