From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcatharticca‧thar‧tic /kəˈθɑːtɪk $ -ɑːr-/ adjective formal helping you to remove strong or violent emotions a cathartic experience
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cathartic• Clearly, conversations with peers were cathartic.• The effect of this activity is cathartic.• His cheek brushed hers with a cathartic effect on her senses.• And it was the most beautiful and cathartic experience for me.• Talking to a counselor can be a cathartic experience.• Can it ever be more than a cathartic force, or a soothing distraction?• Others include the cathartic process of making amends to the people you have hurt through your addiction.• I've cried a lot while lying on that couch and find that the act of crying is a cathartic release.• The movie pivots on not one but two such changes, and the result is exhaustingly cathartic, ultimately uplifting.cathartic experience• And it was the most beautiful and cathartic experience for me.• But I don't set out to impose a cathartic experience on my readers. 