curing 1 of 2

adjective

as in curative

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verb

present participle of cure
1
as in healing
to bring about recovery from do you have anything that will cure my headache?

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2
as in rehabilitating
to restore to a healthy condition the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection

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Recent Examples of curing
Verb
In the 1940s, when antibiotics had become widely available, doctors started curing plague cases with the drugs. — Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026 The catalog of miracles run the gamut from utopian—such as curing cancer—to the mundane, including shorter lines at the Department of Motor Vehicles and easier access to government services for job seekers. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026 At one point, Barringer reminisced about the grueling task of curing tobacco and asked everyone who had undergone that rural North Carolina rite of passage to raise a hand. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 The couple created the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a philanthropic organization whose efforts include curing, managing and preventing all diseases. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 After this initial cure, continue curing for six to eight weeks in a cooler location (about 55 to 60 degrees). — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 20 Oct. 2026 Carbon composite manufacturing involves laying down carbon fiber layers in a mold, then curing, or heating, the material to bind the fibers together. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 Whatever marks that remain after pulling the supports away and curing the parts are easily ground or sanded away. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 During curing, low-molecular-weight polymers crosslink into a higher-molecular-weight polymer network. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curing
  1. curative
  2. healing
  3. rehabilitating
  4. therapeutic
  5. alleviating
  6. fixing
  7. medicinal
  8. remedying
Adjective
  • Yet despite their curative potential, uptake of gene therapies for sickle cell disease has been slow.
    — Steven Ross Johnson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • For some patients, a single treatment can produce a durable or potentially curative response, reducing the need for years of ongoing therapy and the associated burden, side effects and cost.
    — Jigar Thakkar, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of curative
Verb
  • The Holistic Touch treatment uses Ayurvedic techniques to rebalance the body’s energy, including healing poultices and marma-point stimulation.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Recognizing this divine reality even a little, brings tangible, healing comfort to anyone who opens up their heart to it.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of healing
Verb
  • The nonprofit provides lifelong care for aging, retired, rescued, and rehabilitating horses, while also offering volunteer opportunities and summer camps to teach kids about horse care.
    — Kaley Fedko, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • City staff are proposing a second bond of the same size to pay for building, preserving and rehabilitating more apartments, single-family homes and shelters.
    — Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of rehabilitating
Adjective
  • Its four treatment modes include red-light therapy with a 630-nanometer wavelength, galvanic current, facial massage, and therapeutic warmth.
    — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Homeowners are moving away from purely visual landscaping and toward multi-sensory designs that incorporate touch, scent and sound for passive therapeutic benefits.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of therapeutic
Verb
  • Beyond alleviating school traffic and stadium congestion, the project serves as a major utility corridor.
    — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Today, chatbots can run the actuarial numbers, potentially alleviating some uncertainty concerns by, say, offering a close approximation for achieving life milestones.
    — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of alleviating
Verb
  • But fixing this issue is wholly within the power of Gulf states, and the Salalah effort demonstrates there is some interest in doing so.
    — ALLISON MINOR, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2026
  • That tells me Apple has some convincing to do beyond fixing the screen issue.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of fixing
Adjective
  • Hanuman then travels to the Himalayas to obtain medicinal herbs.
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Research suggests mussels also contain unique compounds that may offer medicinal benefits, including wound healing, as well as antimicrobial and anti-cancer effects.
    — Joy Emeh, HEALTH, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of medicinal
Verb
  • Dutch hardware brand Fairphone has been remedying this for a few years now, with its line of gadgets that are designed to be repaired and used for years longer than usual.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • In single-core Cinebench runs, the M5 Ultra recorded 204 points (versus 150 points on the M3 Ultra), directly remedying the M3 Ultra's older architectural lag.
    — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of remedying

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“Curing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curing. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026.

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