1 Alkylating agents: These types of drugs interfere with the way cells work and can kill cells in various phases of the cell cycle. 2  Antimetabolites: These drugs affect how a cell functions by replacing natural substances in the DNA that cells need to grow.
Bare and bear are homophones â that is, they sound the same â but have very different meanings. Where it is often misused for bare is when it is used as a verb. The verb bear relates to carrying or supporting whereas the verb bare means âto uncover (a part of the body or other thing) and expose it to viewâ: He was bearing a tray of brimming glasses. Steamboats bear the travellers home.
Synonym Study. 2. Bare, stark, barren share the sense of lack or absence of something that might be expected. Bare, the least powerful in connotation of the three, means lack of expected or usual coverings, furnishings, or embellishments: bare floor, feet, head. Stark implies extreme severity or desolation and resultant bleakness or dreariness: a stark landscape; a stark, emotionless countenance.