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mitigate: make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"

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eviscerate collapse: having been disembowelled; take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"; remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"

bottom out collapse: hit the ground; "the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road"; reach the low point; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while"

devitalize collapse: sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy"

turn the corner collapse

soft pedal collapse: a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound

unbend collapse: release from mental strain, tension, or formality; "unbend the mind from absorbing too much information"; free from flexure; "unbend a bow"; unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay

allow for collapse

make allowance for collapse

enfeeble collapse: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

underplay collapse: play a card lower than (a held high card)

sweeten collapse: make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"; make sweeter in taste

prevent collapse: prevent from doing something or being in a certain state; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"; keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"

ease up collapse: reduce pressure or intensity; "he eased off the gas pedal and the car slowed down"; become less intense

play down collapse

realign collapse: align anew or better; "The surgeon realigned my jaw after the accident"

de emphasize collapse

belittle collapse

dilute collapse: lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture; "cut bourbon"

re create collapse

remake collapse: creation that is created again or anew; "it is a remake of an old film"; make new; "She is remaking her image"

chasten collapse: restrain or temper

restructure collapse: construct or form anew or provide with a new structure; "After his accident, he had to restructure his life"; "The governing board was reconstituted"

unnerve collapse

rebuild collapse: build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb"

reshape collapse: shape anew or differently; "The new foreign minister reshaped the foreign policy of his country"; shape again or shape differently

turn into collapse

checker collapse: one of the flat round pieces used in playing the game of checkers; one who checks the correctness of something; an attendant who checks coats or baggage; variegate with different colors, shades, or patterns

benumb collapse

anesthetize collapse: make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs; "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"

revamp collapse: to patch up or renovate; repair or restore; "They revamped their old house before selling it"

slake collapse: make less active or intense

solace collapse: comfort in disappointment or misery

pacify collapse: fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location); "The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"; cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

mutate collapse: undergo mutation; "cells mutate"

assortment collapse: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"

reconstruct collapse: cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically; reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"

soothe collapse: cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

leaven collapse: an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something; "his sermons benefited from a leavening of humor"; a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid

enervate collapse: weaken mentally or morally

circumscribe collapse: draw a line around; "He drew a circle around the points"; to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

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