(1) Being in force or having or exerting force,of or relating to a surgical operation,relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine,effective,producing a desired effect,(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing,active,functioning; influential
(2) Being in force or having or exerting force
(3) Of or relating to a surgical operation
(4) Relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine
(5) Effective
(6) Producing a desired effect
(7) (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
(8) Active
(9) Functioning; influential
(1) A person secretly employed in espionage for a government
(2) Someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
(1) The operative technique used for angioplasty in these patients is now obsolete.
(2) The operative word is u2018deadu2019 because apart from the fact that it was nearly 8pm, there were only a dozen or so cars in the car park and what is even worse, we were the only diners in the lovely restaurant.
(3) For some major types of surgery, operative mortality is an important measure of performance.
(4) Still, the crowding-out effect is operative as the new money u2018printedu2019 by the government is competing for resources with old money saved by the public.
(5) The operative word is fair, for soon the City might itself be experimenting with privatisation of water, with French multinational companies running the show.
(6) See if that u2018big grinu2019 is operative in a courtroom.
(7) But the operative words are u2018almost everythingu2019.
(8) In addition, the transcervical approach has fewer associated side effects, decreased operative time and minimal postoperative hospitalization.
(9) And supposed is the operative word in that sentence, right?
(10) But neither one of these two fine Americans told me that she was an undercover operative at the CIA.
(11) U2018Independentu2019 is the operative word, for it was clear even then that the wind was blowing in the direction of corporatisation and integrated players.
(12) Nevertheless, the high incidence of macrosomia and other complications often results in cesarean or other operative delivery.
(13) At a fixed fare of Rs 15, the service is operative from 8 am to 9 pm.
(14) There is a seemingly intriguing feature for the requirements necessary to be a CIA operative that ends up being a waste of time, while the disc proper is closed out with a trailer.
(15) Fractures with even small amounts of displacement are prone to nonunion, and operative treatment is recommended.
(16) The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into how a CIA operative 's name was made public.
(17) A secret CIA operative , he committed 33 assassinations - or so Confessions of a Dangerous Mind would have us believe.
(18) If this change causes you any problems with the look of the site, please let me know so I can try to fix it (u2018try tou2019 being the operative words).
(19) However the operative word in my last sentence was u2018whenu2019!
(20) Patient selection is crucial, as the operative morbidity and mortality may be unacceptable in patients with limited cardiopulmonary reserve.
(21) Most, if not all, postoperative organ dysfunction and morbidity associated with major operative procedures may be related to changes induced by stress caused by the operation.
(22) The White House insider was indicted yesterday on five counts related to the leaking of a CIA operative 's identity.
(23) There was otherwise only weak evidence that natural selection might be operative at the HLA loci, and this effect (if true) appeared localized.
(24) I'll stipulate that it is a felony to disclose the name of an undercover CIA operative who has been posted overseas in recent years.
(25) All tracheotomies were operative tracheotomies, and no percutaneous dilatational tracheostomies were performed.
(26) Cooper has repeatedly refused to reveal his confidential sources, sources for an article he wrote about the naming of the secret CIA operative .
(27) An explosive story: the investigation into the leak of an undercover CIA operative 's identity.
(28) However, the medical therapy is generally not very effective and should be reserved for patients unwilling to undergo dilation or surgery or poor operative candidates.
(29) Just to remind our viewers, the potential crime here is that it's against the law to knowingly leak the identity of an undercover CIA or intelligence operative .
(30) You know with skills like that you might be better employed as a spy, a CIA operative or something, instead of being a therapist.
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