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cure

verb [T] (MAKE WELL)
 
 
/kjʊər/ US  /kjʊr/

Definition

B2 to make someone with an illness healthy again: At one time doctors couldn't cure TB/cure people of TB.Recovering from illness C1 to solve a problem: Finance ministers meet this week to discuss how to cure inflation.Solving and solutions
(Definition of cure verb (MAKE WELL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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