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purgative

British pronunciation/pˈɜːɡətˌɪv/
American pronunciation/pˈɜːɡətˌɪv/
Purgative
[NOUN]
1

a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

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purgative
[ADJECTIVE]
1

strongly laxative

synonyms : cathartic
evacuant
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Examples
1Bring on the leeches and the purgatives.
2Examples were to promote evacuation by providing emetics, sudorifics, purgatives or diuretics.
3When Macreadyís Macbeth was being heckled and pelted in the upscale Astor Place theatre on the evening of the 7th of May, 1854, Forrest roared from one of the cityís other stages, ëWhat rhubarb, senna or what purgative drug would scour these English hence?í
4Meanwhile, the patient, while waiting for the procedure to work, had to drink clarified butter and take purgatives.
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