mitigate
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mitigate englanniksi
To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less severe or easier to bear.
1795 – Washington|George Washington, ''s:George Washington's Seventh State of the Union Address|Seventh State of the Union Address''
- Measures are pursuing to prevent or mitigate the usual consequences of such outrages, and with the hope of their succeeding at least to avert general hostility.
1813 – Madison|James Madison, ''s:James Madison's Fifth State of the Union Address|Fifth State of the Union Address''
- But in yielding to it the retaliation has been mitigated as much as possible, both in its extent and in its character...
1896 – Hadwen|Walter Hadwen, ''Case Against Vaccination|The Case Against Vaccination''
- Then they tell us that vaccination will mitigate the disease that it will make it milder.
(RQ:Wells First Men in the Moon)
1920 – P. Lovecraft|H. P. Lovecraft, ''Cats of Ulthar|The Cats of Ulthar''
- The plague had not been kind to him, yet had left him this small furry thing to mitigate his sorrow; and when one is very young, one can find great relief in the lively antics of a black kitten.
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To downplay.
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