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antidote

[ an-ti-doht ]

noun

  1. a medicine or other remedy for counteracting the effects of poison, disease, etc.
  2. something that prevents or counteracts injurious or unwanted effects:

    Good jobs are the best antidote to teenage crime.



verb (used with object)

antidoted, antidoting.
  1. to counteract with an antidote:

    Medication was given to antidote the poison the child had swallowed.

antidote

/ ˈæԳɪˌəʊ /

noun

  1. med a drug or agent that counteracts or neutralizes the effects of a poison
  2. anything that counteracts or relieves a harmful or unwanted condition; remedy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

antidote

  1. A substance that counteracts the effects of a poison.
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳپˈdzٲ, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • t·dza ·پ·dz·· [an-ti-, dot, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
  • t·dza·ly t·dzi·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of antidote1

1400–50; late Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin antidotum < Greek ԳídzٴDz something given against (i.e., for counteracting), equivalent to anti- anti- + dzó neuter of dzó given, verbid of 徱óԲ to give; akin to datum
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Word History and Origins

Origin of antidote1

C15: from Latin antidotum, from Greek antidoton something given as a countermeasure, from anti- + didonai to give
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He mainlines all of his romantic entanglements as if they were the antidote to his unresolved traumas.

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"We're going to be a big antidote to that. It's not a protest, this is about positive change."

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This kind of thing might come back again, and certainly long balls are boomeranging back into fashion as the natural antidote to high pressing, short goal-kicks and high defensive lines.

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Doctors may also administer a digoxin immune fab antidote, which is used to treat a similar toxin.

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And, surprise, only he has the antidote, giving the public 30 days to find him before the first Hapna users start dropping.

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