Synonyms for heal
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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.

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

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

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

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1. heal

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

   Antonyms:
   harm, hurt, wound, pierce, ulcerate

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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, remedy, restore, make sound or whole

2. healverb

   Synonyms:
   reconcile, compose, settle, make up

3. healverb

   Synonyms:
   be cured, become sound

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1. healverb

   Synonyms:
   cure, repair, cicatrize

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1. List of paraphrases for "heal":

   cure, healing, fix, bandage, treat

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How to use heal in a sentence?

1. Tiffiny Blacknell:

   We know that the Black community in Los Angeles is reeling and searching for answers. We know nothing can heal the trauma the community is experiencing right now.

2. Ben Ginsberg:

   The Republicans who did follow Donald Trump really have an obligation now to make the country strong again, to heal the chinks that Donald Trump tried to put in the foundation of the country and the democracy.

3. Suman Adhikari:

   I don't think these commissions will be able to heal our wounds.

4. Mike Trout:

   My body wasn't healing right, i couldn't really point at one thing. We threw everything at it. When I was shut down, I basically didn't do anything. I just let it heal on its own for a few weeks. I got back into my training right away. The first two weeks, I felt a little tightness in there. It went away, and I haven't thought about it since.

5. Kathie Lee Gifford:

   I texted him this morning and I said ‘ I adore you ’ … And no person is perfect in this world … We’ve all sinned and fallen short of the glory of May God... may God bless that family and heal.