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Etymology

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From heroin +‎ -like.

Adjective

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heroinlike (comparative more heroinlike, superlative most heroinlike)

  1. Resembling heroin or some aspect of it.
    • 2007 May 9, The Associated Press, “Painkiller’s Maker Settles Complaint”, in New York Times[1]:
      Intended to be swallowed whole and digested over 12 hours, the pills can produce a heroinlike high if crushed and then swallowed, inhaled or injected.