antidote
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corrective, curative, cure, rectifier, remedy, therapeutic, therapy
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Despite the high-tech, ultramodern aesthetic—and as a kind of antidote to it—the couple also wanted to embrace their love of outdoors and the home’s rural setting. — Candace Taylor, WSJ, "A Silicon Valley Retreat Where ‘Star Trek’ Meets ‘Star Wars’," 6 Dec. 2018 Secondly, as a uniquely open service, Twitter is a vital source of real-time antidote to day-to-day falsehoods. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "Facebook’s head of public policy is supporting the Kavanaugh nomination, and some employees are livid," 5 Oct. 2018 Baez steps into the midsummer showcase as one of the possible antidotes for the game’s troubling lack of action. — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, "El Mago: Javier Baez's flair is just what baseball needs," 12 July 2018 Since 2009 Welsh jails have been giving departing prisoners Naloxone, an antidote for overdose, to curb this effect. — The Economist, "Welsh prisons are much harsher than England’s on opioid treatment," 12 July 2018 Laughter yoga is an excellent antidote to loneliness. — Susan Dunne, courant.com, "Stressed? Join These Seven As They Laugh It Away At 'Yoga' Class," 27 June 2018 People dealing with the epidemic say deaths would be even higher without the antidote. — Carla K. Johnson, The Seattle Times, "Q&A: Feds tackle opioid epidemic, but is it helping?," 28 Jan. 2019 Several members of the Long Beach Fire Department reportedly had to be revived with the opioid antidote Narcan after overdosing at an after-hours post-wedding party Sunday. — Alexandria Hein, Fox News, "Long Beach Fire Department investigating after several members treated for overdose at wedding, report says," 28 Aug. 2018 The village also wants to make the antidote widely available in schools and private businesses, similar to how defibrillators are placed in common areas. — John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, "To combat opioid crisis, suburb will have overdose-reversing naloxone available in public places," 22 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'antidote.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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