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Flunitrazepam, a hypnotic drug (sleeping pill), sometimes used as a date rape drug.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: flunitrazepam
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: benzodiazepine
noun
Flunitrazepam, a hypnotic drug (sleeping pill), sometimes used as a date rape drug.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: roaches, roofie, rope, Rufalin
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A tablet of flunitrazepam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: flunitrazepan
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: club drug
Narrower terms: R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug, circle
History
From Ro(che) + hypno- + -ol, from the brand name F. Hoffmann-La Roche (known simply as Roche). First attested in the 1970s.
Genericized trademark of Rohypnol, a brand-name drug owned by F. Hoffmann-La Roche.
