purgative

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Recent Examples of purgative Sales of purgatives, tonics, syrups and patent medicines like Carter’s Little Liver Pills went through the roof as ordinary people were encouraged to closely monitor the frequency and quality of their bowel movements. Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024 Or merely the tall-tale purgative of a frantic Purgatorian? Tom Nolan, WSJ, 11 June 2021 Blackshirts forced their opponents to drink castor oil and other purgatives, and then sent them home, wrenching with pain and covered in their own feces. Michael Ebner, Slate Magazine, 30 Jan. 2017 The persistent and sickening violence of Detroit could work as a powerful purgative, a corrective medicine for deprogramming those who doubt the reality of police brutality. Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 8 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purgative
Noun
  • This is aimed at encouraging more employers to offer coverage of the drugs.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
  • The new book picks up a decade later with a different crisis, this one born of a sudden increase in drugs.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • After a decision comes down, Google is expected to file a request for a stay of the remedies.
    Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 30 May 2025
  • Hopefully, a remedy is finally on the way in the form of crossplay.
    David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025

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“Purgative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purgative. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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