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relieve: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"; alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"; take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"; free from a burden, evil, or distress

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take turns collapse

serve time collapse

do time collapse

supersede collapse

hold office collapse

rob collapse: take something away by force or without the consent of the owner; "The burglars robbed him of all his money"

stand in for collapse

substitute for collapse

pinch hit collapse

unburden collapse: take the burden off; remove the burden from; "unburden the donkey"; free or relieve (someone) of a burden

supplant collapse: take the place or move into the position of; "Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left"; "the computer has supplanted the slide rule"; "Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school"

disencumber collapse

lend a hand collapse

ghostwrite collapse

act for collapse

variegate collapse: change the appearance of, especially by marking with different colors

ransack collapse

give a hand collapse

befriend collapse: become friends with; "John and Eric soon became friends"; "Have you made friends yet in your new environment?"

disburden collapse

give a lift collapse

divest collapse: reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"; deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"

pat on the back collapse

absolve collapse: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"; grant remission of a sin to; "The priest absolved him and told him to say ten Hail Mary's"

sign up collapse: join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate, "Sign up for yoga classes"

hearten collapse

time off collapse: a time period when you are not required to work; "he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral"

assist collapse: (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play; act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function

benumb collapse

stick up collapse

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

unload collapse: take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van"

slake collapse: make less active or intense

solace collapse: comfort in disappointment or misery

succor collapse: help in a difficult situation

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"

reclaim collapse: make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state; "The people reclaimed the marshes"; reuse (materials from waste products); claim back

abet collapse: assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing

reassure collapse: give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain; "I reassured him that we were safe"; cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"

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

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