Definition

Verb: * To use purified cocaine by heating it to produce fumes and then inhaling those fumes. This method of drug consumption involves chemically altering the cocaine into a base form that can be vaporized.

Usage

The verb "free-base" specifically describes the act of preparing and smoking cocaine in its freebase form. It is typically used in contexts related to drug use and abuse.

Examples

• The documentary showed the devastating effects of individuals who free-base cocaine.
• He was arrested for possessing the equipment used to free-base the drug.
• In the 1980s, the dangers of free-basing became widely publicized.

Advanced Usage

• The term can sometimes be used more generally to describe the act of smoking any drug that has been converted to a base form for inhalation, though its primary association is with cocaine.
• The process involves using a volatile substance like ether to purify the cocaine, making it smokable.

Variants and Related Words

• Freebase (noun): The purified, smokable form of cocaine itself.
  • The police seized a quantity of freebase.
• Freebasing (gerund/noun): The activity or practice of smoking freebase cocaine.
  • His addiction led to freebasing.

Synonyms

• Smoke crack (Note: "Crack cocaine" is a ready-made, rock-like form of freebase cocaine, so "smoke crack" is a closely related but not perfectly identical term, as the preparation method differs.)
• Inhale cocaine fumes

Notes on Meaning

"Free-base" is a highly specific term with a single, clear meaning related to illicit drug use. It does not have other common definitions or uses in standard English.

Verb

1. use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes