See Also: narco-(medicine)
narco-(dictionary)
narco(dictionary)
crucible(medicine)
crucible(dictionary)
crucible(encyclopedia)
Crucible, The(dictionary)
crucible(dictionary)
crucible process(encyclopedia)

Crucible, The (oh) and narco- (iou)


Crucible, The (oh)



a play by Arthur Miller which describes how innocent women were charged with being witches and cruelly punished by a court of law in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. This play was written in 1953 to show how similar the Salem Witch Trials were to McCarthyism .

narco- (iou)



narco- combining form.
[from Greek narke numbness, deadness, or extracted from NARCOTIC: see -O-.]
Forming nouns and related adjectives with the senses 'pertaining to or involving the therapeutic use of narcotic drugs', as narco-Hypnosis, narco-therapy; 'pertaining to the use of and trade in illegal narcotics', as narcodollar.
narco'terrorism noun terrorism associated with illicit drugs, esp. directed against law enforcement L20.
narco'terrorist noun a person who engages in narcoterrorism L20.