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cathartic

[kuh-thahr-tik] / kəˈθɑr tɪk /


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But instead they ramped it back up for one last cathartic blast to close, sending their faithful out onto Hollywood Boulevard, sweaty and filthy and fundamentally known.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

“This raising should serve as a cathartic event and clear the overhang from the share price,” says analyst Martyn Jacobs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

The artistic director compared the tone of “Real Women Have Curves” to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, which many found cathartic for its exuberance.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

"Oh my God, it was amazing. It was cathartic," she laughs at the memory.

From BBC May 2, 2026

And one could only be left to sit back and witness this spectacle, waiting to see if anything brilliant or cathartic would come about.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

Children and infants present difficulties because they cannot explain their com plaints and because parents too often give destructive cathartics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eighteen years ago, before the profession in general had really begun its modern investigation of cathartics, the American Medical Association published a handbook on the subject written by Dr. Fantus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Appendicitis is another situation where cathartics may not be used without discretion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Castor oil and calomel are drastic cathartics, should be taken only on advice of a physician.

From Time Magazine Archive

For which end blood-lettings, emetics, cathartics, blisters, and setons, also sometimes coolings of the head are to be employed.

From Medica Sacra or a Commentary on on the Most Remarkable Diseases Mentioned in the Holy Scriptures by Richard Mead




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