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cathartic
adjective as in purging
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During tracks about grief and loneliness, like the cathartic “Charcoal Baby,” only Hynes could get the entire crowd to head bang.
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But like many expressions of anger, this policy push is cathartic without being practical.
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The ending, impeded by a retrospective coda, diminishes the full cathartic impact.
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"In a way, the work is cathartic. It is almost mourning."
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Prison warden Chance Andes told AFP that cathartic activities like filmmaking and events like the festival help "reduce the violence and the tension within the walls."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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