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emetic

[uh-met-ik] / əˈmɛt ɪk /




NOUN
purgative
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It’s as if the very name of the man has on her an emetic effect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The next night, Rhodes began vomiting again - “you’re pretty coherent, you go in and out of it” - and the emetic foetus reappeared.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2020

In those days, the only available cure was tartar emetic, a compound of antimony that was administered as 12–16 injections given once a week.

From Nature ● Nov. 7, 2017

The market had overindulged in speculation and borrowing, and it was issuing its own emetic.

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2015

A doctor gave him a strong drug called an emetic, which made him vomit up the ball.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen




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