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Definition of Truth drug
1. Noun. An intravenous anesthetic drug that has a hypnotic effect; induces relaxation and weakens inhibitions; is believed to induce people to talk freely.
Specialized synonyms: Amobarbital, Pentothal, Thiopental, Thiopental Sodium, Thiopentobarbital Sodium
Generic synonyms: Intravenous Anesthetic
Definition of Truth drug
1. Noun. (alternative name of truth serum) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Truth Drug
Literary usage of Truth drug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Growing Up Drug Free: A Parent's Guide to Prevention (1989)
"Truth: Drug use is extremely unpredictable and affects people differently.
Anyone can become addicted to drugs. Myth: Everyone is doing it. ..."
2. The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies (1859)
"... claims obedience, attention, and truth. Drug. Ay ! I see how it is.—She is
bringing foul disgrace upon us. This comes of her marrying a man of fashion. ..."
3. Buffalo Medical Journal (1903)
"Such a method would avoid the use of the hypothetical question which never presents
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Drug Substitution ..."
4. Political Psychos by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"The “truth drug” achieved mixed success. The experiments were halted when a memo
was written: “The drug defies all but the most expert and search analysis, ..."
5. Players in the Game: Destiny of Doom by Gyeorgos C. Hatonn (1993)
"The “truth drug” achieved mixed success. The experiments were halted when a memo
was written: “The drug defies all but the most expert and search analysis, ..."
6. Wake Up the Lord Is Returning by Alf Droy (2002)
"I believe that everyone being prosecuted will speak the unvarnished truth, as if
they had been supernaturally administered a truth drug. ..."