Cure
Cure verb - To restore to a healthy condition.
Usage example: the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection
Damage
Damage noun - Something that causes loss or pain.
Usage example: the collision did a great deal of damage to her car
How words are described
| better | better cure | better damage |
| actual | actual cure | actual damage |
| real | real cure | real damage |
| great | great cure | great damage |
| Other adjectives: potential, magic, permanent, possible, lethal. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The T-Virus in the Resident Evil films was created to fix nerve damage, regenerate limbs and cure diseases.
Source: Cure for Cancer -
They can cure almost injury except severe brain damage or loss of a major body part.
Source: Autodoc -
In "Battlefield", the witch Morgaine pays for the damage her son did to an inn by using her magic to cure the landlord's wife's blindness.
Source: Throwing Off the Disability
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