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mitigate

Definition for mitigate

verb as in check, diminish, lighten

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Example Sentences

But the military can mitigate the risks simply by virtue of its enormous logistical reach.

Of course, cities can take steps right away to mitigate the damage done by militarizing law enforcement.

The deafening klaxons can leave one feeling helpless, but there are still steps you can take to mitigate the damage.

Yes, you can do a lot to mitigate this by providing mentors, training, college prep, and other services.

There are lots of things, including changing the kind of inner dialog, that can mitigate anxiety.

If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men.

And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it.

No sense of her goodness, her injury and nobility, and the enormous generosity of her forgiveness, sufficed to mitigate that.

Rendered furious by this insolence, I forbade him my sight; and, without seeking to mitigate my anger, he departed for France.

It remains the right term and your simplicity doesn't mitigate it.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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