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Meanings of purgative in anglès
Synonyms
Examples for "cathartic"
Examples for "cathartic"
1
Shooting the role was exhausting and cathartic, particularly given Douglas's own circumstances.
2
So yes, it was very cathartic in that way, the actor said.
3
However, changing our perspective may be a helpful and a cathartic move.
4
And yes, the actual writing of the book itself was extremely cathartic.
5
There is extreme violence, but it's cathartic and secondary to the characterisation.
1
The evacuants observed at that time contained numerous leukocytes but no microorganisms, suggesting intensified inflammation as the likely cause of deterioration.
2
How can he tell the exhaustion produced by his evacuants from the collapse belonging to the disease they were meant to remove?
Usage of purgative in anglès
1
It can be used as some manner of purgative, as I recall.
2
Roxborough's purgative zeal still had some jurisdiction in his tower, Jude thought.
3
Nor are these the only objections to be urged against purgative medication.
4
But it acted as a good lenient purgative on all of us.
5
I recognized some spurges that let their caustic, purgative sap trickle out.
6
The oil acts as an irritant purgative in the dose of one drop.
7
The IMF's purgative is an ideological brew; it learns no lessons.
8
Fever grass is a purgative when taken in the form of a tea.
9
Our Blessed Father speaks of this purgative way in his Philothea as follows:
10
The idea of suicide worked on me like a purgative or a cathartic.
11
These are combined, however, with a purgative of greater activity, most probably jalap.
12
But the purgative still held sway and the dogs dashed straight through me.
13
Treatment of taeniasis consists of niclosamide followed by a purgative.
14
The free use of barley water, hot bath and purgative relieve its bad effects.
15
I then took as a purgative, a small dose of Epsom salts and manna.
16
He leaves us a full account of his purgative stage.
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Purgative through the time
Purgative across language varieties
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