Noun
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someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance
abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
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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"
Verb
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to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)