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); I must root out that fault before I die or my purgatory will be long.
— The City and the World and Other Stories;
• (punitive) – serving for, concerned with, or inflicting punishment,
( ); The Bolsheviki resorted to punitive expeditions which became
the terror of the country. — My Disillusionment in Russia;
• (cathartic)- purgative, ( ; ); And it was cathartic,
already making her feel better, bringing to an end this awful part of her life.
— CourtingTrouble;
laceration : dissection^ vivisection : autopsy
• (laceration)- the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear, ( ); A
scalp laceration, therefore, may bleed profusely even though a major blood
vessel has not been cut;
• (dissection)- analysis, cutting apart in order to examine; Take time for
the dissection, and save the specimen in dilute alcohol. — A Practical
Physiology;
• (vivisection)- the action of cutting into or dissecting a living body, ( -
); Dissection, vivisection, analysis--those are the processes to which
all things not conclusively historical and all things spiritual are bound to
pass. — A Book of Myths;
• (autopsy)- inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for
determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination,
( );By the time the autopsy was over, there were two obvious
handprints on her throat. — The Tenth Circle;
anodyne = analgesic = painkiller : opiate : narcotic ~ sedative ~ anesthetic :
tranquilizing : stupor
• (anodyne)- a medicine that relieves or allays pain, ( ,
); Please do not hesitate to call your flight attendant if you
require an anodyne, and remember that your satisfaction is our prime
directive. — The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May;
• (analgesic) – a remedy that relieves or allays pain, (
, ); Paracetamol is also
an analgesic (pain reliever), so it eases the discomfort and body aches that
often accompany fever;
• (painkiller) – an agent, such as an analgesic drug, that relieves pain; There
just wasn't enough painkiller or somazine to keep the wounded asleep. —
The Legacy of Heorot;
• (opiate) – a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for