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Meanings of evacuant in English

Strongly laxative.

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        Examples for "cathartic"
        1
        Shooting the role was exhausting and cathartic, particularly given Douglas's own circumstances.
        The Guardian
        2
        So yes, it was very cathartic in that way, the actor said.
        Reuters
        3
        However, changing our perspective may be a helpful and a cathartic move.
        Wired
        4
        And yes, the actual writing of the book itself was extremely cathartic.
        Radio NZ
        5
        There is extreme violence, but it's cathartic and secondary to the characterisation.
        The Guardian
        1
        It can be used as some manner of purgative, as I recall.
        Daughters of the Nile
        2
        Roxborough's purgative zeal still had some jurisdiction in his tower, Jude thought.
        Imajica: Complete Edition
        3
        Nor are these the only objections to be urged against purgative medication.
        The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs
        4
        But it acted as a good lenient purgative on all of us.
        Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia / From Moreton Ba...
        5
        I recognized some spurges that let their caustic, purgative sap trickle out.
        Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of th...
        Usage of evacuant in English
        1
        The evacuants observed at that time contained numerous leukocytes but no microorganisms, suggesting intensified inflammation as the likely cause of deterioration.
        Pubmed
        2
        How can he tell the exhaustion produced by his evacuants from the collapse belonging to the disease they were meant to remove?
        Medical Essays, 1842-1882