Dose
Dose noun - A measured portion of medicine taken at any one time.
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Synonyms for Dose
Shot is a synonym for dose in dosage topic. In some cases you can use "Shot" instead a noun "Dose", when it comes to topics like portion of drug or other consumable.
Shot
Shot noun - A directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece.
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- He's currently gotten himself a dose of local infamy for protesting — in slightly-less-than-honorable ways—a motion picture currently being shot in his town.
Source: Video Game / Scaler -
Hoist by His Own Petard: In the end, Hideki is killed by a dose of the same poison he shot Wolverine with, and which it's implied he used against his own father.
Source: Anime / Wolverine -
The girls' one-shot "superhero" costumes in Season 5 are reminiscent of the Legion of Super-Heroes, with a dose of then-current X-Men outfits for flavor.
Source: Series / Charmed
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