valium

Collocations

3

ADJ.

hooked, most

She became hooked on Valium after taking it for anxiety during her divorce.

VERB + VALIUM

barbiturates, got

She got valium prescribed after her doctor said she was too anxious.

PREP.

on

She was on Valium for three months to help manage her anxiety after the accident.

Definitions

noun

1

The drug diazepam.

Mothers little helpers were pills—Miltown, amphetamine, barbiturates, Librium, and Valium were the most popular and widely available in the fifties and early sixties—that were used to keep women in their place, to make them comfortable in a setting that should have been uncomfortable, to encourage them to focus on tasks that did not matter.

2

A Valium pill.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a tranquilizer (trade name Valium) used to relieve anxiety a

diazepam

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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Mothers little helpers were pills—Miltown, amphetamine, barbiturates, Librium, and Valium were the most popular and widely available in the fifties and early sixties—that were used to keep women in th

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02

Tom got hooked on valium.

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