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Synonyms for purgative

noun

physic, emetic, purge; see laxative.

See purgative in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


adjective
  1. Of, relating to, or tending to eliminate:

    cathartic, eliminative, eliminatory, evacuant, evacuative, excretory. See keep
  2. Serving to purify of sin:

    expiatory, lustral, lustrative, purgatorial, purificatory. See clean, religion

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