cocaine
co·caine BrE [kəʊˈkeɪn] NAmE [koʊˈkeɪn] (also informal coke) noun uncountable
a powerful drug that some people take illegally for pleasure and can become ↑addicted to. Doctors sometimes use it as an ↑anaesthetic.
See also: ↑coke
Word Origin:
[cocaine] mid 19th cent.: from ↑coca + -ine.
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