Antidote
noun
A remedy or treatment to counteract a poison or a harmful situation.
A snake bite kit usually contains an antidote to counteract the venom.
Often appears as...
- antidote for poison
- antidote to venom
noun
Something that helps you feel better or happier.
For many, music is an antidote to stress.
Often appears as...
- antidote to sorrow
- antidote to stress
noun
A remedy or treatment to counteract a poison or a harmful situation.
A snake bite kit usually contains an antidote to counteract the venom.
Often appears as...
- antidote for poison
- antidote to venom
noun
Something that helps you feel better or happier.
For many, music is an antidote to stress.
Often appears as...
- antidote to sorrow
- antidote to stress
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Use 'antidote' when discussing treatments for poison exposures or overdoses in medical situations.
The doctor administered the antidote to the patient with mercury poisoning.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'antidote' is used metaphorically for something that fixes a problem, like a solution.
Transparent communication was the antidote to the mistrust within the team.
Pro Tip 3/3Specificity Matters
An antidote is specific to a certain type of poison—there isn't a universal antidote.
The hiker carried an antidote specific to the spiders in the area.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Use 'antidote' when discussing treatments for poison exposures or overdoses in medical situations.
The doctor administered the antidote to the patient with mercury poisoning.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'antidote' is used metaphorically for something that fixes a problem, like a solution.
Transparent communication was the antidote to the mistrust within the team.
Pro Tip 3/3Specificity Matters
An antidote is specific to a certain type of poison—there isn't a universal antidote.
The hiker carried an antidote specific to the spiders in the area.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Context
Use 'antidote' when discussing treatments for poison exposures or overdoses in medical situations.
The doctor administered the antidote to the patient with mercury poisoning.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes 'antidote' is used metaphorically for something that fixes a problem, like a solution.
Transparent communication was the antidote to the mistrust within the team.
Pro Tip 3/3Specificity Matters
An antidote is specific to a certain type of poison—there isn't a universal antidote.
The hiker carried an antidote specific to the spiders in the area.
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Deadly Stone Fish PIPE...
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The habits of happiness...
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Life is messy. Embrace...
boxes and cleaned incessantly but the order and symmetry were not an antidote strong enough it wasn't until I let myself be wrapped in the dizzying embrace of chaos that I found peace in
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Rethinking infidelity...
in an antidote to death. And contrary to what you may think, affairs are way less about sex, and a lot more about desire for attention, desire to feel special, desire to feel important.
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Agonising Wait For...
We're just going to jump back in the car. After 16 minutes, the antidote has just gone in, so let's wait and see how long it takes him to wake up and hopefully, he does.
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Can you solve the frog...
So you're stranded in a huge rainforest, and you've eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need the antidote excreted by a certain species of frog.
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The psychology of evil PIPE...
Heroism as the antidote to evil, by promoting the heroic imagination, especially in our kids, in our educational system. We want kids to think, "I'm a hero in waiting, waiting for the right situation to come along, and I will act heroically. My whole life, I'm now going to focus away from evil --
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Can you solve the secret...
But you can’t fold the square or alter it otherwise, and you only get one shot at using the laser cutter. The full moon is rising, and in a moment someone will transform and tear you all apart unless you can cure them first. How can you divide the antidote into perfect fifths,
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The secret to desire in...
and be playful and safe and imaginative. Those who came back to life were those who understood the erotic as an antidote to death. They knew how to keep themselves alive. And when I began to listen to the sexlessness of the couples that I work with,
Video examples
How cohousing can make...
I find this incredibly isolating. The concept I'd like to share with you today is an antidote to isolation. It's not a new concept. In fact, it's an age-old way of living, and it still exists in many non-European cultures around the world.
Video examples
Deadly Stone Fish PIPE...
administer to victims of envenomation jamie's goal is to catch a stone fish for milking so labs can regularly produce the antidote i'm gonna help him catch it right off the bat i encounter a venomous creature
Video examples
The habits of happiness...
A kind of sense of inner freedom as opposite to intense grasping and obsession. Benevolence, loving kindness against hatred. But, of course, each emotion then would need a particular antidote.
Video examples
Life is messy. Embrace...
boxes and cleaned incessantly but the order and symmetry were not an antidote strong enough it wasn't until I let myself be wrapped in the dizzying embrace of chaos that I found peace in
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Rethinking infidelity...
in an antidote to death. And contrary to what you may think, affairs are way less about sex, and a lot more about desire for attention, desire to feel special, desire to feel important.
Video examples
Agonising Wait For...
We're just going to jump back in the car. After 16 minutes, the antidote has just gone in, so let's wait and see how long it takes him to wake up and hopefully, he does.
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Can you solve the frog...
So you're stranded in a huge rainforest, and you've eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need the antidote excreted by a certain species of frog.
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will.i.am
American Musician
If you have a vaccine or an antidote that people can benefit from, you're not going to want to keep it to yourself. You're going to want to spread that wisdom or whatever to as many people as you can, so everybody can benefit from it.
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Matteo Salvini
Italian Politician
The only antidote to racism - and the Italians are anything but racist - is to return to a respect for laws and regulations and monitor who enters and who leaves this country.
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Laurent Baheux
French Photographer
I started photographing amazing African wildlife for my own pleasure. It was like a much-needed antidote to my life in the city, which I was fast becoming allergic to.
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Adam Smith
Scottish Economist
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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Howard Rheingold
American Critic
Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control.
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Karl Marx
German Philosopher
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
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Joe Wicks
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The antidote to addiction is connection and love.
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Jack Nicklaus
American Golfer
Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
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Joan Baez
American Musician
Action is the antidote to despair.
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Patch Adams
American Author
Humor is an antidote to all ills.
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will.i.am
American Musician
If you have a vaccine or an antidote that people can benefit from, you're not going to want to keep it to yourself. You're going to want to spread that wisdom or whatever to as many people as you can, so everybody can benefit from it.
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Matteo Salvini
Italian Politician
The only antidote to racism - and the Italians are anything but racist - is to return to a respect for laws and regulations and monitor who enters and who leaves this country.
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Laurent Baheux
French Photographer
I started photographing amazing African wildlife for my own pleasure. It was like a much-needed antidote to my life in the city, which I was fast becoming allergic to.
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Adam Smith
Scottish Economist
Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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Howard Rheingold
American Critic
Openness and participation are antidotes to surveillance and control.
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Karl Marx
German Philosopher
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
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Joe Wicks
British Author
The antidote to addiction is connection and love.
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Jack Nicklaus
American Golfer
Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.
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Joan Baez
American Musician
Action is the antidote to despair.
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Patch Adams
American Author
Humor is an antidote to all ills.
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