antidote

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noun an·ti·dote \ ˈan-ti-ˌdōt \

Definition of antidote

1 :a remedy to counteract the effects of poison

needed the antidote for the snake's venom

2 :something that relieves, prevents, or counteracts

an antidote to boredom

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antidote

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Examples of antidote in a Sentence

There is no antidote to this poison.
For him, racing motorcycles is a great antidote to boredom.

Recent Examples of antidote from the Web

There’s no easy treatment or antidote available, so even minor burns are often fatal.

— azmia magane, Teen Vogue, "Trump Has Bashed Obama’s Actions in Iraq. But He’s Actually No Better," 23 Aug. 2017
New Lenox police and first responders also have been trained to use Naloxone, a opiate antidote, to reverse the effects of an overdose and have saved two or three lives, Sperling said.

— susan demar lafferty, Daily Southtown, "New Lenox police offer addicts a 'Second Chance'," 21 Aug. 2017
In American movies — and maybe not only there — the idea of luck often functions as a euphemism for, and an antidote to, the effects of class.

— a. o. scott, New York Times, "Review: ‘Logan Lucky’: Steven Soderbergh and His Motley Band of Thieves," 16 Aug. 2017
Law enforcement groups praised the initiative, which has helped them pay for everything from drug dogs and bulletproof vests to overdose antidotes.

— Washington Post, "AP Explains: How police, US feds team up to seize property," 19 July 2017
The sale culminated an extraordinary journey for Huffington, who had co-founded the site as a left-wing antidote to the Drudge Report shortly after George W. Bush’s re-election, in 2005.

— william d. cohan, The Hive, "Is Arianna Huffington Worse for Uber Than Travis Kalanick?," 10 July 2017
Wochit Police officers rarely – if ever – get injured when administering naloxone, the antidote for heroin and opioid overdoses.

— keith bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, "Butler County Sheriff Rick Jones' Narcan stance questioned - by other cops," 7 July 2017
Nghia is the latest high-profile architect to design an inexpensive, prefabricated home as an antidote to urban sprawl, mass displacement or natural disasters.

— the new york times, NOLA.com, "A Vietnamese architect's easy-to-erect dwelling for the destitute," 5 July 2017
Botulism is treatable; an antidote to the toxin can be administered.

— james hamblin, The Atlantic, "What Happened to Otto Warmbier?," 16 June 2017

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Origin and Etymology of antidote

Middle English antidot, from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidotos, from feminine of antidotos given as an antidote, from antididonai to give as an antidote, from anti- + didonai to give — more at date

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First Known Use: 15th century

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