Adolescence /ˌæd

cure /kjʊə r / /kjʊr/ verb [ T ] MAKE WELL
1. to make someone with an illness healthy again
At one time the doctors couldn't cure TB/cure people of TB.
2. to solve a problem
Finance Ministers meet this week to discuss how to cure inflation.
cure /kjʊə r / /kjʊr/ verb [ T ] PRESERVE
3. to treat food, tobacco, etc. with smoke or salt, etc. in order to stop it decaying
cured meats
diminish /dɪˈmɪn.ɪʃ/ verb [ I or T ]
to reduce or be reduced in size or importance
I don't want to diminish her achievements, but she did have a lot of help.
These memories will not be diminished by time.
What he did has seriously diminished him in many people's eyes.
We've seen our house diminish greatly/sharply/substantially in value over the last six months.
disrupt /dɪsˈrʌpt/ verb [ T ]
to prevent something, especially a system, process or event, from continuing as usual or as expected
A heavy fall of snow had disrupted the city's transport system.
The meeting was disrupted by a group of protesters who shouted and threw fruit at the speaker.


eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/ verb
1. [ T ] to remove or take away
A move towards healthy eating could help eliminate heart disease.
We eliminated the possibility that it could have been an accident.
The police eliminated him from their enquiries.
2. [ T often passive ] to defeat someone so that they cannot continue in a competition
He was eliminated in the third round of the competition.
3. [ T ] slang to murder
A police officer was accused of helping a drug gang eliminate rivals.