Thesaurus / lessen
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The company had also said it would plant grasses that better hold in place the sandy riverbank and add a layer of rocks to lessen erosion.
NEW ENGINEERING REPORT FINDS PRIVATELY BUILT BORDER WALL WILL FAILBY JEREMY SCHWARTZ AND PERLA TREVIZOSEPTEMBER 2, 2020PROPUBLICADoing small things like this can help to lessen some of the friction that comes along with asking others to engage with your posts.
FIVE CONTENT PROMOTION STRATEGIES SAAS MARKETERS SHOULD IMPLEMENT TODAYIZABELLE HUNDREVAUGUST 28, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHPlaying fantasy sports helped lessen the sting of not having his own startup.
THE ECONOMICS OF SPORTS GAMBLING (EP. 388 REBROADCAST)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAUGUST 20, 2020FREAKONOMICSMinnesota, by contrast, lets in certain family members, clad in personal protective gear, for up to three hours a day to monitor care and lessen loneliness.
NO VISITORS LEADING TO DESPAIR AND ISOLATION IN SENIOR CARE HOMESJARED WHITLOCKJULY 28, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOAmong 86 infected women, the drug helped lessen the amount of extra oxygen needed in 96 percent of pregnant women and 89 percent of women who had newly given birth.
REMDESIVIR MAY WORK EVEN BETTER AGAINST COVID-19 THAN WE THOUGHTTINA HESMAN SAEYJULY 13, 2020SCIENCE NEWSAlone the supreme Self in him looked calmly on, seeming to lessen the part that trembled and knew fear.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODThe recognition did not lessen the reality, the poignancy of the revelation by any suggestion or promise of instability.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINThe wind now began to lessen; and, for fear of being becalmed, I was anxious to get an offing.
NARRATIVE OF A SURVEY OF THE INTERTROPICAL AND WESTERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA] [VOLUME 2 OF 2]PHILLIP PARKER KINGIf fortune frowns he may lessen his crop but never his attachment for the plant.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.The crop supplied more tobacco than was needed, but no one man would cease to plant it, or lessen his crop for the general good.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.SYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 20, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO LESSEN
- abbreviate
- attenuate
- belittle
- cheapen
- curtail
- cut down to size
- cut rate
- decrease
- decry
- deprecate
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- diminish
- discount
- disparage
- downplay
- dwarf
- knock
- knock down
- lessen
- make light of
- make little of
- miniaturize
- pan
- play down
- pooh-pooh
- poor-mouth
- prune
- put down
- reduce
- run down
- shrink
- underestimate
- underplay
- abbreviated
- attenuated
- belittled
- cheapened
- curtailed
- cut down to size
- cut rate
- decreased
- decried
- deprecated
- depreciated
- derogated
- detracted
- diminished
- discounted
- disparaged
- downplayed
- dwarfed
- knocked
- knocked down
- lessened
- made light of
- made little of
- miniaturized
- panned
- played down
- pooh-poohed
- poor-mouthed
- pruned
- put down
- ran down
- reduced
- shrank
- underestimated
- underplayed
- abbreviating
- attenuating
- belittling
- cheapening
- curtailing
- cutting down to size
- cutting rate
- decreasing
- decrying
- deprecating
- depreciating
- derogating
- detracting
- diminishing
- discounting
- disparaging
- downplaying
- dwarfing
- knocking
- knocking down
- lessening
- making light of
- making little of
- miniaturizing
- panning
- playing down
- pooh-poohing
- poor-mouthing
- pruning
- putting down
- reducing
- running down
- shrinking
- underestimating
- underplaying
- abated
- allayed
- alleviated
- appeased
- assuaged
- blunted
- calmed
- came together
- cooled
- dulled
- eased
- extenuated
- lessened
- met halfway
- moderated
- modified
- mollified
- pacified
- palliated
- placated
- quieted
- reduced
- relieved
- remitted
- softened
- soothed
- subdued
- tempered
- toned down
- took the edge off
- tranquilized
- weakened
- abating
- allaying
- alleviating
- appeasing
- assuaging
- blunting
- calming
- coming together
- cooling
- dulling
- easing
- extenuating
- lessening
- meeting halfway
- moderating
- modifying
- mollifying
- pacifying
- palliating
- placating
- quieting
- reducing
- relieving
- remitting
- softening
- soothing
- subduing
- taking the edge off
- tempering
- toning down
- tranquilizing
- weakening
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