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 Discussion of barren. bare, naked, nude, bald, barren mean deprived of naturally or conventionally appropriate covering. bare implies the removal of what is additional, superfluous, ornamental, or dispensable an apartment with bare walls. naked suggests absence of protective or ornamental covering but may imply a state of nature, of destitution, or of defenselessness poor half-naked children.