MAGIC BULLET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease

Example:

there is no magic bullet against cancer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("magic bullet" is a kind of...):

curative; cure; remedy; therapeutic (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)

Domain category:

drug (a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic)

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