ADDICT

• (noun) someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms

• (noun) someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction

  "a golf addict", "a car nut", "a bodybuilding freak", "a news junkie"

  synonyms : freak , junkie , junky , nut

• (verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)

  synonyms : hook

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