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ANTIDOTE

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• ANTIDOTE (noun)
The noun ANTIDOTE has 1 sense:

1. a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

Familiarity information: ANTIDOTE used as a noun is very rare.

• ANTIDOTE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antidote; counterpoison

Hypernyms ("antidote" is a kind of...):

curative; cure; remedy; therapeutic (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antidote"):

atropine (a poisonous crystalline alkaloid extracted from the nightshade family; used as an antispasmodic and to dilate the eye pupil; also administered in large amounts as an antidote for organophosphate nerve agents or organophosphate insecticides)

obidoxime chloride (a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX)

"Don't shut the barn door after the horse is gone."
(English proverb)
"The drunk ones will sober up, but the mad ones will not clever up"
(Breton proverb)
"Evil in people does not go away when they get buried."
(Arabic proverb)
"Gentle doctors cause smelly wounds."
(Dutch proverb)

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