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- Sudden and complete withdrawal from a dependent substance, especially a drug.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- Sudden and complete withdrawal from a dependent substance, especially a drug.
- The physiological effects of such a withdrawal.
- (US military slang, World War I– World War II) Something exposed as a target due to surmountable defense.[1]
- [Adverb]
- (idiomatic) Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.
- [Verb]
- (informal) To undergo sudden and complete withdrawal from a dependent substance, especially a drug.
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