HOW TO PRONOUNCE
alleviate
/əˈliviˌeɪt/
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What does alleviate mean?
verb
- To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
- (finance) to pay down partially.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈliviˌeɪt/
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If you are trying to alleviate the torture of others, you will succeed after a struggle in business and love.
It was not only administered as an internal dose, but often applied externally in form of paste to alleviate rheumatic pains.
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What would you think of a physician who saw men suffering from a curable disease and did nothing to alleviate their sufferings?
All that could be done was to fan him with paper, and frequently to give him lemonade to alleviate his intense thirst.
It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property.