Cure and Stab

Opposite meaning words

Cure verb - To bring about recovery from.

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Stab is an antonym for cure.

Nearby Words: cured, curing, cureless, curable, curability

Stab verb - To penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object.

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Cure is an antonym for stab in puncture topic.

best	best cure	best stab
complete	complete cure	complete stab
standard	standard cure	standard stab
original	original cure	original stab
Other adjectives: true, proper, single, actual, great, bad, quick, final, next, last, called.

person	cure person	stab person
friend	cure friend	stab friend
character	cure character	stab character
man	cure man	stab man
Other words: people, husband, someone, time, mother, father, brother, anyone, everyone, sister.

Healing Hands: The elf healer uses magic from his hands to cure Ridley's stab wound.

Source: Film / Dungeons & Dragons
In Batman: Arkham City this is The Joker's fate, who decides to stab Batman rather than allow him to administer the cure for his illness.

Source: Self-Disposing Villain
Burns had been frozen by Smithers, and he would only be thawed "the second they discover a cure for... seventeen stab wounds in the back."

Source: Human Popsicle

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