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cathartic

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Adjective

strongly laxative

emotionally purging (of e.g. art)

emotionally purging

Noun

a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

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Synonyms:
evacuant purgative releasing psychotherapeutic physic aperient

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