Cure and Torturing

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Cure verb - To bring about recovery from.

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Torturing is an antonym for cure.

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

Torturing adjective - Intensely or unbearably painful.

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Cure is an antonym for torturing in upset or hurt severely topic.

Nearby Words: torture, tortured, torturous, torturer

Eventually, though, the cruelty of that position gets to her and she decides to cut their losses and stop torturing people for a cure that might never come.

Source: Literature / The Maze Runner aka: The Scorch Trials

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