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free⋅base

  [free-beys] 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.
Use freebase in a Sentence
Also, free-base.

Origin:
1975–80; free + base 1

Related forms:
freebaser, noun
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free·base or free-base   (frē'bās')   
v.   free·based or free-based, free·bas·ing or free-bas·ing, free·bas·es or free-bas·es

v.   tr.

  1. To purify (cocaine) by dissolving it in a heated solvent and separating and drying the precipitate.

  2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1free·base
Pronunciation: 'frE-"bAs
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -based; -bas·ing
intransitivesenses
: to prepare or use freebase cocaine freebase transitive senses
: to prepare or use (cocaine) as freebase —free·bas·er /-&r/ noun

Main Entry: 2freebase
Function: noun
: purified solid cocaine (as crack) in a form that is obtained by treating the powdered hydrochloride of cocaine with analkaloid base (as sodium bicarbonate) and that can be smoked or heated to produce vapors for inhalation;specifically : cocaine derived from its hydrochloride by treatment with ammoniaor a similar alkaloid solution followed by extraction with a solvent (as ether)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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