Sentence example with the word 'palliative'

palliative

alleviating, apologetic, calmant, demulcent, extenuating circumstances, lenitive, moderator, pacifier, qualifying, salve, subduing, wiser head

Definition adj. moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

Last update: June 27, 2015


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Aspirin is a palliative drug.   [Please select]

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A good palliative is sweet oil; this will allay any corrosive irritation of the throat and stomach, and at the same time cause vomiting.   [Please select]

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For--would my news act as a palliative or as an irritant.   [Please select]

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The evil is one against which legislation can be only palliative and of local efficiency.   [Please select]

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(4) The spreading on the road of crude oil, or of oil emulsions in water, is an important palliative.   [Please select]

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No ameliorative, no palliative, no restrictive, no remedial measure will avail.   [Please select]

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Palford's summing up of him was that he was of a type with which nothing palliative could be done.   [Please select]

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He did not find consolation in the use of the palliative adjective as applied to himself.   [Please select]

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