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.
Unlike bear, bare can also be an adjective, and is often used to describe someone or something that is uncovered, or without the appropriate or usual contents. She padded in bare feet towards the door. Leaf fall had left the trees bare. It was a bare cell with just a mattress. Other meanings of the very versatile adjective bare are âwithout addition; basic and simpleâ, âonly just sufficientâ, or âsurprisingly small in number or amountâ. He outlined the bare bones of the story. They had the bare minimum of furniture. All you need to start is a bare Â£500.