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curing cancer

curing cancer is the present participle and gerund of cure cancer.

Meaning of cure cancer

Verb

cure cancer (third-person singular simple present cures cancer, present participle curing cancer, simple past and past participle cured cancer)

  1. (figuratively, informal) To achieve an impossible goal or to attain the ultimate triumph over a seemingly insurmountable, multifaceted, and deeply entrenched problem.

Questions about curing cancer

What is curing cancer the present participle and gerund of?
Curing cancer is the present participle and gerund of cure cancer.

Words near curing cancer in the dictionary

  1. curillin
  2. curilloside
  3. curimatid
  4. curimatids
  5. curing
  6. curing cancer
  7. curing down
  8. curing time
  9. curing times
  10. curing up
  11. curings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curing cancer (page history and authors); cure cancer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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