- 1under the influence of alcohol or drugs He was arrested for DWI (= driving while intoxicated).
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- 2intoxicated (by/with somebody/something) very excited by something, so that you cannot think clearly intoxicated with success
verb intoxicate somebodySee intoxicated in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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