cure-all

[ kyoor-awl ]

/ ˈkyʊərˌɔl /

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noun

a remedy for all diseases, ills, or difficulties; panacea.

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Origin of cure-all

First recorded in 1785–95

Words nearby cure-all

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How to use cure-all in a sentence

Consuming yagé is believed to be a general cure-all for almost anything: cancer, depression, alcoholism, etc.
Spirit Tripping With Colombian Shamans|Chris Allbritton|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It would be such a relief if we had a cultural cure-all for these sources of anger and fury.
Alleged Santa Barbara Killer Elliot Rodger and the Twisted Cult of Modern Masculinity|James Poulos|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Education has long seemed like the uncontroversial cure-all for these sorts of issues.
Educational Inequality|Megan McArdle|June 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But Islamic law has not proven to be the cure-all northerners hoped it would be.
African Taliban Terrorizes Nigeria|Eliza Griswold|August 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST

As it happens, I know of a cure that comes pretty near being that impossible thing, a "cure-all."
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society|Upton Sinclair
So every day the old doctor and I hunted the cure-all plant among the mountains and valleys of the Blue Ridge.
Sixes and Sevens|O. Henry
He knew all about this liberty, equality and fraternity business, from across the Vosges—and he despised the cure-all.
Blood and Iron|John Hubert Greusel
If the new policy has been a farce politically and socially, how much more has it failed as an economic cure-all!
The Negro in the South|Booker T. Washington
She was not big enough nor small enough to have a patent cure-all solution ready.
The Job|Sinclair Lewis

British Dictionary definitions for cure-all

cure-all

noun

something reputed to cure all ailments

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