What's the difference between abolisher and ravager?

Abolisher


Definition:

  • (n.) One who abolishes.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One hundred and twenty-seven states have said with common voice that their security is directly threatened by the 15,000 nuclear weapons that exist in the arsenals of nine countries, and they are demanding that these weapons be prohibited and abolished.
  • (2) Oxyhaemoglobin (4 microns at 0.35 ml.min-1) infused into the tracheal circulation almost abolished the responses to bradykinin and methacholine.
  • (3) This difference was abolished by exposure of the slices to propranolol, a beta-adrenergic receptor antagonist.
  • (4) Hexamethonium abolished vasodilatation in the hindquarters vascular bed only.
  • (5) The asthma group's fall in FEV1 was also abolished.
  • (6) When nifedipine was combined with ouabain the elevation of vascular resistance was completely abolished.
  • (7) Ultraviolet difference spectrophotometry indicates that the inactivated enzyme retains its capacity for binding the nucleotide substrates whereas the spectral perturbation characteristic of 3-phosphoglycerate binding is abolished in the modified enzyme.
  • (8) In contrast, methysergide, ketanserin and 6-OHDA abolished the antisecretory effect of morphine.
  • (9) L-NAME abolished B contractions in a dose-dependent fashion.
  • (10) In contrast, castration during pseudopregnancy did not abolish the secondary peaks.
  • (11) After methylene blue, the gradient in resting potential across the circular layer was greatly reduced or abolished.
  • (12) The twitches elicited by 0.1 msec pulses were abolished by tetrodotoxin, but were not reduced by dimethyltubocurarine or by hexamethonium.
  • (13) Exposure to alloxan completely abolished insulin response to 20 mM arginine, 1.6 mM glucose, and 11.1 mM glucose.
  • (14) Incubation of sensitized bladder tissue with indomethacin led to an increased force and duration of the contraction while incubation with nordihydroguaiaretic acid combined with pyrilamine reduced histamine release and abolished the contraction.
  • (15) A 4 base pair mutation in the enhancer sequence shown previously to abolish activity in vivo [Boulet, A. M., Erwin, C. R., & Rutter, W. J.
  • (16) Nocturnal ST segment changes were abolished in six patients on atenolol, in six patients on nifedipine, and in five patients on isosorbide mononitrate.
  • (17) This established that the Gly----Glu substitution at amino acid 142 is sufficient to abolish enzymatic activity and to result in the chylomicronemia syndrome observed in these patients.
  • (18) The detergent lauryl maltoside abolishes respiratory control and proton ejection by cytochrome c oxidase-containing proteoliposomes over a narrow concentration range.
  • (19) Furthermore, even the action of Lys-5 on the Pseudomonas OM was abolished when the assays were performed in the presence of 150 mM NaCl instead of the low-ionic strength buffer earlier used by investigators studying the effect of polycations on the Pseudomonas OM.
  • (20) Finally, the uptake was completely abolished by prior mechanical or osmotic destruction of the intima.

Ravager


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, ravages or lays waste; spoiler.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The menace we’re facing – and I say we, because no one is spared – is embodied by the hooded men who are ravaging the cradle of civilization.
  • (2) They were ravaged by injuries at that point, although Park and Rafael in the centre was weird.
  • (3) This brings lads like 12-year-old Matthew Mason down from the magnificent studio his father Mark, from a coal-mining town ravaged by pit closures, lovingly built him in the back garden at Gants Hill, north-east London.
  • (4) That, officials claim, would allow further discussions on debt relief seen as crucial if the recession-ravaged Greek economy is ever to recover.
  • (5) The disease will keep ravaging the population (and slowly overwhelm the health service) until these circumstances change.
  • (6) Ignoring the tragedies of Matthew’s life prior to his murder will do nothing to help other young men in our community who are sold for sex, ravaged by drugs, and generally exploited.
  • (7) The majority of these children come from Guatemala , Honduras and El Salvador – three of the many countries ravaged by civil strife, drug wars and economic turmoil precipitated by US political and military intervention over several decades, as well as free-trade regimes and the corporate plunder of Latin America's natural resources.
  • (8) His voice, already weak from the ravages of Parkinson’s Syndrome, was flagging.
  • (9) Art galleries are scarce in the ravaged cities, but there are blank walls and pavements in abundance.
  • (10) Poor countries have won historic recognition of the plight they face from the ravages of climate change, wringing a pledge from rich nations that they will receive funds to repair the "loss and damage" incurred.
  • (11) Depicting the situation in Gaza in grim language the report states: “Three Israeli military operations in the past six years, in addition to eight years of economic blockade, have ravaged the already debilitated infrastructure of Gaza, shattered its productive base, left no time for meaningful reconstruction or economic recovery and impoverished the Palestinian population in Gaza , rendering their economic wellbeing worse than the level of two decades previous.
  • (12) In addition, the ravages of disease and the seasonal variations of food supply need to be overcome in tropical areas.
  • (13) Facebook Twitter Pinterest He commands the screen even when silent, his pain flitting across that gaunt, ravaged face … Sean Bean in Broken.
  • (14) Political manoeuvering aside, the 54-year-old will come under immediate pressure to revive the economy, rein in the strong yen and oversee the reconstruction of the tsunami-ravaged north-east coast and the operation to stabilise Fukushima Daiichi.
  • (15) He added: "This [flexible screen] is Samsung's silver bullet against the ravages on commoditisation in Android, but fortunately Samsung does not need it to work right away.
  • (16) It said Syria’s “exceptional archaeological and historical heritage” had not escaped the ravages of a conflict that has killed almost 93,000 and prompted 1.6 million refugees to flee the country.
  • (17) The ravages which fundamentalist political ideology inflicted on the 20th century are memories.
  • (18) Instead, in his view, there was only broad agreement on the need for a fund to protect poor countries from the worst ravages of climate change, a plan to help developing countries adopt new clean energy technology, and another programme — with funding from the industrialised world — to reduce deforestation in the developing world. "
  • (19) Nor is there any inherent contradiction in an environmentalist being in favour of nuclear power – George Monbiot , Mark Lynas and James Lovelock have written eloquently on the importance of nuclear power in mitigating the ravages of climate change.
  • (20) In a canyon between grey shattered precipices of bomb-ravaged buildings, an uncountable number of people wait for food.

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