Antonyms for heal
hilheal

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1. heal

   The transitive use of recover in the sense of cure, heal, etc., as in 2 Kings v, 6, "That thou mayest recover him of his leprosy," is now practically obsolete. The chief transitive use of recover is in the sense to obtain again after losing, regain, repossess, etc.; as, to recover stolen goods; to recover health. The intransitive sense, be cured, be restored, etc., is very common; as, to recover from sickness, terror, or misfortune.

   Antonyms:
   die, fail, grow worse, relapse, sink

   Synonyms:
   be cured, be healed, be restored, cure, reanimate, recover, recruit, recuperate, regain, repossess, restore, resume, retrieve

   Preposition:
   From; rarely of; (Law) to recover judgment against, to recover damages of or from a person.

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1. heal

   Antonyms:
   harm, hurt, wound, pierce, ulcerate

   Synonyms:
   cure, repair, restore, remedy, assuage, cicatrize, reconcile

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1. • Improve

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1. mend, healverb

   heal or recover

   "My broken leg is mending"

   Synonyms:
   repair, furbish up, bushel, restore, touch on, mend, fix, bring around, cure, doctor

2. healverb

   get healthy again

   "The wound is healing slowly"

   Synonyms:
   bring around, cure, mend

3. bring around, cure, healverb

   provide a cure for, make healthy again

   "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"

   Synonyms:
   bring around, cure, bring to, bring back, mend, bring round

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1. healverb

   Synonyms:
   cure, repair, cicatrize

How to use heal in a sentence?

1. Laura Griffith:

   No one will ever replace my dad, but knowing Lang has helped heal some of the gaping hole in my heart.

2. Scottish Proverb:

   A bad wound may heal, but a bad name will kill.

3. Annette March-Grier:

   We're giving families in this city a sense of hope, we're helping to heal wounds and bring families back together again.

4. Vicky Zapata:

   We ask you God, that you heal our town, Father, from this disease.

5. Christopher Vincent:

   He’s pushing through it and really has the determination to not only heal but come back stronger and better than he was before.

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