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121mitigate — UK US /ˈmɪtɪgeɪt/ verb [T] FORMAL ► to make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad: »technologies that can mitigate global warming mitigate damage/risk »The company was criticized for failing to mitigate risks at the plant. mitigate the… …
122factor — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, important, main, major, relevant, significant ▪ one of the most significant factors ▪ critical …
123circumstances — n. 1) adverse, difficult, trying circumstances 2) reduced, straitened circumstances 3) aggravating; extenuating, mitigating circumstances 4) attendant; compelling; exceptional, special; favorable; suspicious; tragic; unavoidable; unforeseen… …
124mitigate — (v.) early 15c., relieve (pain), from L. mitigatus, pp. of mitigare soften, make tender, ripen, mellow, tame, figuratively, make mild or gentle, pacify, soothe, ultimately from mitis gentle, soft (from PIE *mei mild ) + root of agere do, make,… …
125mitigate — [[t]mɪ̱tɪgeɪt[/t]] mitigates, mitigating, mitigated VERB To mitigate something means to make it less unpleasant, serious, or painful. [FORMAL] [V n] ...ways of mitigating the effects of an explosion... [V n] The cost of getting there is mitigated …
126militate — militate, mitigate The two words are sometimes confused (usually mitigate is used for militate) because both meanings are connected with having a reducing effect and their forms and rhythm are close. Mitigate is transitive (i.e. it takes an… …
127mitigate — militate, mitigate The two words are sometimes confused (usually mitigate is used for militate) because both meanings are connected with having a reducing effect and their forms and rhythm are close. Mitigate is transitive (i.e. it takes an… …
128acesodyne — əˈsesəˌdīn adjective Etymology: Greek akesōdynos, from akesis healing, cure + odynē pain : mitigating or relieving pain : anodyne * * * acesodynous /as euh sod n euhs/, adj. /euh ses euh duyn /, adj. mitigating pain; anodyne. [ < Gk akesódyn( …
