rubbing alcohol
noun
: a cooling and soothing liquid for external application that contains approximately 70 percent denatured ethanol or isopropanol
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Use tweezers to pull the insect slowly off your skin, then clean the bite with soap or rubbing alcohol.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2024
The incident occurred around 10 a.m. when the man bought a bottle of rubbing alcohol in the store, went outside, poured the bottle on the car and lit it on fire, according to the St. Cloud Police Department.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
After removing the tick, clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol or soap and water.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2024
Wash stings with seawater—not fresh water—pluck remaining tentacles, and apply rubbing alcohol.
—Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2024
The incident occurred around 10 a.m. when the man bought a bottle of rubbing alcohol in the store, went outside, poured the bottle on the car and lit it on fire, according to the St. Cloud Police Department.
—David Matthews, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
After removing the tick, clean the bite area and your hands with rubbing alcohol or soap and water.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2024
Wash stings with seawater—not fresh water—pluck remaining tentacles, and apply rubbing alcohol.
—Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 31 May 2024
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rubbing alcohol
noun
rub·bing alcohol
ˈrəb-iŋ-ˌ 
: a cooling and soothing liquid for external application that contains approximately 70 percent denatured ethanol or isopropyl alcohol
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