Cure and Stop

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Cure noun - Something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable.

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Stop is an antonym for cure in often health topic.

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

Stop noun - A brief halt in a journey.

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Cure is an antonym for stop.

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

old	old cure	old stop
best	best cure	best stop
better	better cure	better stop
complete	complete cure	complete stop
Other adjectives: instant, true, single, effective, male, great, bad, cold, main, permanent, final, temporary, next, last, talking, red.

madness	cure madness	stop madness
man	cure man	stop man
people	cure people	stop people
someone	cure someone	stop someone
Other words: death, time, characters, world, plague, pain, curse, father, anyone, everyone, villains.

Create Your Own Villain: Peter is responsible for working on the formula that transforms Curt Connors into The Lizard, and thus feels obliged to stop and cure him.

Source: Film / The Amazing Spider-Man
The only reliable cure for hangovers is time and lots of water, but that doesn't stop fictional characters from trying all sorts of other methods to speed up the process.

Source: Hideous Hangover Cure
When Mega Man succumbs to Roboenza himself, Roll gives the cure to him so he can stop Wily.

Source: Video Game / Mega Man 10

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