take the sting out

Strongest matches

• alleviate
• assuage
• calm
• ease
• lessen
• mitigate
• mollify
• pacify

Strong matches

• abate
• compose
• decrease
• lighten
• moderate
• quiet
• square

Weak matches

• cool out
• make nice
• play up to
• pour oil on
• take the bite out

Strongest matches

• allay
• assuage
• ease
• mitigate

Strong matches

• lighten
• mollify
• pacify
• remediate
• soft pedal

Weak matches

• pour oil on
• take the bite out
• take the edge off

Strongest matches

• allay
• alleviate
• appease
• lessen
• mitigate
• mollify
• pacify
• placate
• quench
• sate
• satisfy
• soften
• temper

Strong matches

• calm
• compose
• conciliate
• cool
• ease
• fill
• lighten
• lull
• moderate
• palliate
• propitiate
• quiet
• still
• surfeit
• sweeten
• tranquilize

Weak matches

• make nice
• pour oil on
• take the edge off

Strongest matches

• abate
• curtail
• decrease
• dilute
• diminish
• dwindle
• ease
• erode
• impair
• lighten
• minimize
• mitigate
• narrow
• shrink
• slacken
• taper off
• weaken

Strong matches

• abridge
• amputate
• attenuate
• clip
• close
• contract
• crop
• cut
• de-escalate
• decline
• degrade
• downsize
• drain
• minify
• moderate
• soft pedal
• taper
• thin
• truncate

Weak matches

• become smaller
• cut back
• die down
• grow less
• roll back
• slack up
• slow down
• take the bite out
• take the edge off
• wind down

Strongest match

• soothe

Strong matches

• abate
• allay
• balm
• becalm
• cease
• compose
• cool
• decrease
• diminish
• dwindle
• ebb
• fall
• hush
• lullaby
• moderate
• pacify
• qualify
• quell
• quiet
• settle
• slacken
• soft pedal
• still
• stroke
• subdue
• subside
• temper
• tranquilize
• wane

Weak matches

• chill out
• cool off
• die down
• lay back
• let up
• put a lid on
• quiet down
• take it easy
• take the edge

Strongest matches

• alleviate
• ease
• facilitate
• iron out
• mellow
• mitigate
• soften

Strong matches

• allay
• appease
• assuage
• calm
• comfort
• cool
• cool out
• extenuate
• mollify
• palliate
• pat
• stroke

Weak matches

• pave the way
• take the edge off

Strongest matches

• allay
• alleviate
• appease
• assuage
• cool
• mitigate
• mollify
• pacify
• relieve
• soften

Strong matches

• becalm
• cheer
• compose
• console
• dulcify
• help
• hush
• lighten
• lull
• quiet
• quieten
• settle
• square
• still
• stroke
• subdue
• tranquilize
• unburden

Weak matches

• balm
• butter up
• calm down
• cool off
• make nice
• make up
• patch things up
• play up to
• pour oil on
• smooth down
• take the edge off
• untrouble