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purgative

[ pur-guh-tiv ]

adjective

  1. purging or cleansing, especially by causing evacuation of the bowels.


noun

  1. a purgative medicine or agent; cathartic.

purgative

/ 藞辫蓽藧伞蓹迟瑟惫 /

noun

  1. a drug or agent for purging the bowels
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. causing evacuation of the bowels; cathartic
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞辫耻谤驳补迟颈惫别濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫耻谤顎僩补路迟颈惫别路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍路辫耻谤顎僩补路迟颈惫别 adjective
  • non路辫耻谤顎僩补路迟颈惫别路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍路辫耻谤顎僩补路迟颈惫别 adjective
  • un路辫耻谤顎僩补路迟颈惫别路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of purgative1

1350鈥1400; < Late Latin 辫奴谤驳腻迟墨惫耻蝉 ( purgation, -ive ); replacing Middle English purgatyf < Middle French < Late Latin, as above
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Theater makes much of the element of catharsis, but rarely is a show purgative all the way through, as the choreopoem 鈥淨ueens of Sheba鈥 is.

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He has declared that the "liberation of women" is an "infection" that requires "the most terrible convulsions and the most thorough purgative measures."

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At times wild and purgative, the album is also full of moments like this one: poised, stubbornly hopeful, grounded in Lake鈥檚 memories of a more revolutionary age and seeking to stir that energy up again.

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The most thrilling set piece features a purgative ritual that Cervera executes with a dance choreographer鈥檚 sense of movement and a gothic artist鈥檚 eye for composition.

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The work took on an industrial, purgative edge.

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