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Meanings of bowel evacuants in English
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.
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There is no evidence of which I am cognizant in favor of purgatives.
2
The use of castor oil and other strong purgatives do not interrupt it.
3
Nothing seemed to benefit him, and purgatives only augmented his trouble.
4
Similarly, long-continued administration of strong purgatives tends to make them a permanent necessity.
5
There are certain cases in which purgatives are alleged to be of use, viz.
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Pity and terror, says Aristotle in his Poetics, are the soul's cathartics.
2
In actual medical supplies, we had plenty of quinine and cathartics.
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The use of cathartics is dangerous, for they may excite superpurgation.
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Salines should not be allowed, or other cathartics which cause profuse watery discharges.
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Castor oil, calomel, and other frequently-used cathartics should never be used in simple constipation.