CAPSULES Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

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plural of capsule

as in pills

a small mass containing medicine to be taken orally took an antibiotic capsule three times a day for a week

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as in sheaths

something that encloses another thing especially to protect it a capsule containing all sorts of items from our era that is to be opened 100 years from now

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as in summaries

a short statement of the main points capsules of the day's major news stories appear on the paper's second page

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present tense third-person singular of capsule

as in compresses

to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together newscasts that capsule complex, important stories into one-minute bits for easy digestion by viewers

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Piles of pills are seen on the floor along with drug-making equipment.

Tim Lister, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Then manufacturers upped the dose to the equivalent of 40 pills.

Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024

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