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Meanings of inebriation in English

Portuguese
bebedeira
Catalan
borratxera
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A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol.

      bebedeira
      Portuguese
      alcoolismo
      Catalan
      alcoholisme
      Spanish
      alcoholismo

      Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms.

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            Usage of inebriation in English
            1
            Stupefaction became sleep; with sleep inebriation passed; and Frank awoke to misery.
            The Drummer Boy
            2
            She had, in a state of beastly inebriation, fallen into the fire.
            Wild Western Scenes / A Narrative of Adventures in the Western W...
            3
            Professor Lyall went off to hunt down the earl's source of inebriation.
            Blameless
            4
            On this last point, of inebriation, this is certainly a wonderful camp.
            Army Life in a Black Regiment
            5
            This is a country were inebriation and social interaction go hand in hand.
            The Irish Times
            6
            Such a man will undertake any thing; he is without skill in inebriation.
            Life of Johnson, Volume 3 / 1776-1780
            7
            The divine inebriation of spiritual truth comes with the realization of this fact.
            The Puritans
            8
            Audience fancy dress and bawdy inebriation is optional but tacitly encouraged.
            The Guardian
            9
            My inebriation snuck up on me; until this moment, I hadn't really felt it.
            Beautiful Bombshell
            10
            We drank together freely, sometimes to the point of inebriation.
            The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 / A Mag...
            11
            The cash is then invested in a new cycle of inebriation to yield fantastic profits.
            After the Rain : how the West lost the East
            12
            Sebastian, Sebastian, and Sebastian, at various stages of inebriation, poured drinks of red, blue, green.
            Nova
            13
            The inebriation of Thy presence, O Well-Beloved of all worlds, hath seized and possessed me.
            Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
            14
            The captain's hand shook, and his whole frame trembled from the effects of his long-inebriation.
            Work and Win; Or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise
            15
            The perfect level of inebriation is about 30 seconds before you've noticed you're too drunk.
            The Guardian
            16
            The former had been drinking freely; but the latter exhibited not the smallest sign of inebriation.
            The Two Wives; Or, Lost and Won
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            Inebriation through the time