as in plaster
a medicated covering used to heal an injury the doctor ordered the placement of a cataplasm on the wound until it closed up

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plaster
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  • Administration officials declared that other countries were desperate to make concessions to avoid the massive import taxes – tariffs — that Trump was threatening to plaster on their products starting July 9.
    Paul Wiseman, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025
  • Irv was lifting huge, soggy chunks of plaster and cramming them into the garbage bag.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
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“Cataplasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataplasm. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.

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