antidote
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/
- Specialized
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antídoto
- The doctor quickly administered the antidote to counteract the poison in her system.
- provide an antidote
- a helpful antidote
- the best antidote
And what you're trying to do is provide the antidote to that malady.
- And what you're trying to do is provide the antidote to that malady.
- His bag of antidote vials shatters.
- It's purple and he's got an antidote from the kids.
Examples
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They had an antidote on hand.
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If the antidote isn't administered within 30 seconds, you're dead.
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And I had the antidote.
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Your body just learned the only antidote for pain is honesty.
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We shall secure the antidote to our sickness.
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The United States needed to provide an antidote that would contain and ultimately reverse this trend.
Academic text (1998) -
And when it does, you'll have the antidote ready.
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You would've died if you hadn't taken the antidote.
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A great alchemist discovered the antidote to the warlord's poison.
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The wound on her neck begins to smoke as the antidote attacks the poisonous vampire venom.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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5.6
A substance that stops a specific poison in the body
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4.4
A medicine that stops the effects of venom from animal bites or stings
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A medicine that stops harm from snake or insect venom
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A substance or device that reduces harm
A medicine that stops the harmful effects of poison
A medicine that stops the harm caused by poison from a snake or insect bite
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Etymology
Antidote comes from Greek parts anti- 'against' and didonai 'to give'. So it originally meant 'something given against' a poison, which is why an antidote today is a medicine that stops the effect of a poison.