The state of being intoxicated, especially by alcohol.
‘signs of intoxication’
‘the intoxication of fame’
‘It is our task to deal with all conditions of burns, intoxications and traumas, all kinds of accidents and falling off high places and metabolical conditions.’
‘The test is recommended for on the spot testing whenever alcohol consumption is planned or intoxication is suspected.’
‘Alcohol meters to test levels of intoxication are being acquired.’
‘But when you consider the levels of intoxication and the students' smutty fratboy humour, nothing is so certain.’
‘Six jurors believed, like the coroner, that it was acute cocaine intoxication.’