purgative
Example Sentences
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Taking out the trash is like administering a purgative to my house.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2019
By the middle of the bridge — “Don’t stop dreamin’, don’t stop believin’” — you may be itching for some big, purgative blast to wake you up, and wash away the cliché.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2018
And this, too, felt like a purgative end to 2016.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 3, 2017
Teddy Roosevelt also glorified war for its own sake, treating it as a refreshing purgative to enliven the spirit and a country’s greatness.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2014
As if the' air w'ere a purgative, his valve opened.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
