mitigate
21mitigate — mit|i|gate [ mıtı,geıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to reduce the harmful effects of something: Only international cooperation can mitigate environmental damage …
22mitigate — [[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 …
23mitigate — verb (T) formal to make a situation or the effects of something less unpleasant, harmful, or serious: Measures need to be taken to mitigate the environmental effects off burning more coal …
24mitigate — [c]/ˈmɪtəgeɪt / (say mituhgayt) verb (mitigated, mitigating) –verb (t) 1. to lessen in force or intensity (wrath, grief, harshness, pain, etc.): *It is true that after 1820 the reforms of Peel, Brougham and Lord John Russell mitigated the… …
25mitigate, militate — These look alikes are easily confused. Mitigate means to lessen, to soften, to moderate : Because the culprit readily confessed his guilt, the judge mitigated the sentence. Militate means to have effect or influence, to operate against or for… …
26mitigate — SYN: palliate. [L. mitigo, pp. atus, to make mild or gentle, fr. mitis, mild, + ago, to do, make] * * * mit·i·gate mit ə .gāt vt, gat·ed; gat·ing to make less severe or painful * * * mit·i·gate (mitґĭ gāt) [L. mitigara to soften] to… …
27mitigate — Synonyms and related words: abate, accommodate, adapt, adjust, adjust to, allay, alleviate, allow for, alter, ameliorate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, bank the fire, bate, be changed, be converted into, be renewed, benumb,… …
28mitigate — , militate The first means to soften or make more endurable; the second to act against …
29mitigate — mit·i·gate || mɪtɪgeɪt v. soften in force or severity; lessen the impact or intensity of; appease, make easier, sweeten; be assuaged, become less severe (about punishments, circumstances, emotions, etc.) …
30mitigate — v. a. 1. Moderate, alleviate, assuage, abate, lessen. 2. Appease, soothe, soften, mollify, pacify, quiet, still, calm, quell, allay. 3. Moderate, temper, attemper. 4. Diminish, lessen, abate …
