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free·base

Audio Help [free-beys] Pronunciation Key verb, -based, -bas·ing, noun Slang.

–verb (used with object)

1.	to purify (cocaine) by dissolving in ether, sodium hydroxide, etc., and filtering off the precipitate.

2.	to ingest (freebased cocaine).

–verb (used without object)

3.	to freebase cocaine.

–noun

4.	freebased cocaine.

Also, free-base.

[Origin: 1975–80; free + base¹

]

—Related forms

freebaser, noun

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free·base or free-base Audio Help   (frē'bās') Pronunciation Key
v.   free·based or free-based, free·bas·ing or free-bas·ing, free·bas·es or free-bas·es

v.   tr.

To purify (cocaine) by dissolving it in a heated solvent and separating and drying the precipitate.
To use (cocaine purified in this way) by burning it and inhaling the fumes.

v. intr.
To prepare or use cocaine purified in this way.

n. Cocaine purified by this method.

free'bas'er n.

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free-base
verb
use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

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