curative
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Synonyms: durative, curvative, furtive, putative, causative, creative, lucrative, mirative, purgative, conative, curation
Antonyms: durative, curvative, furtive, putative, causative, creative, lucrative, mirative, purgative, conative, curation
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Adjective
- Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
- The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the 1950s was amazing at the time.
- Remediative.
- a curative jury instruction to disregard the sheriff's testimony
Noun
- A substance that acts as a cure.
Adjective
- of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"
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