radical cure

collocation in English

meaningsofradicalandcure

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radical
adjective
uk
/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈræd.ɪ.kəl/
believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social or ...
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cure
noun[C]
uk
/kjʊər/us
/kjʊr/
something that makes someone who is sick ...
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(Definition ofradicalandcurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But theradicalcureof drunkenness must begin further back than the pledge.
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When a new drug is introduced, optimal chemotherapeutic protocols for achievingradicalcureare developed semi-empirically, assessing the protocol in terms of its clinical success or failure.
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What we need is a moreradicalcure.
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Insurance is a mere palliative and never can be aradicalcure.
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Make up their minds to find aradicalcure?
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He makes no suggestion as to a palliative, and he makes no suggestion whatever as to aradicalcure.
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It is our duty in this country to try to get aradicalcureof this situation.
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However, it would not provide aradicalcure.
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Theradicalcureis to a very considerable extent in the hands of the employers of labour themselves.
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Admittedly some of them are only palliatives, but, if a patient is very sick, a palliative is very comforting to him until it is possible to get aradicalcure.
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The process of clearing the hypnozoites is termedradicalcure(as opposed to simply clearing the blood of parasites).
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With light pressure the hernia is held securely day and night, and aradicalcureis certain.
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The interaction between primaquine and quinine or chloroquine is thought to improve the rate ofradicalcure.
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Some types of cancer are notably radioresistant, that is, much higher doses are required to produce aradicalcurethan may be safe in clinical practice.
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We have so far discussed palliatives rather than radical cures for unemployment.
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