to relieve
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2.3
- verb
- /rɪˈliːv/
:
aliviar
- Also, they might help relieve pain and cure some cancers.
- relieve pain
- relieve symptoms
- relieve stress
It helps boost energy, relieve stress, enhance mood, relieve aches and pains.
- It helps boost energy, relieve stress, enhance mood, relieve aches and pains.
- However, it does say that it helps prevent and relieve chafing.
- I use it for more important things, like to relieve the burn.
- So anything you can do to relieve some stress is going to be good.
- It helps boost energy, relieve stress, enhance mood and relieves aches and pains.
- And there is a moral charge to reduce and relieve the suffering of others.
- It's also a desire to relieve the pain of not having those things.
- So I don't know, maybe that was his way of lying to relieve his own guilt.
- Now he relieves that stress at yoga.
- It sort of relieves the pressure to be perfect.
- It's like when you can't take any more pressure, you have to relieve something.
Examples
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Nasal sprays can be bought OTC or prescribed, which can relieve these symptoms.
Academic text (2012) -
Mark stood on his tiptoes on the dormer, trying to relieve the pressure and ease the weight.
Fiction book (1991) -
Is this to help relieve the pain in her mouth?
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This will help relieve the pain.
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So anything you can do to relieve some stress is going to be good.
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It's been amazing finding outlets like that that relieve so much stress.
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Paracetamol, taken as an alternative during periods, may help relieve mild symptoms.
Academic text (2012) -
We'll be performing surgery to relieve the pressure, and afterwards, she'll need long period of convalescence.
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The water buoyancy will relieve pressure on your aching joints.
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He took a deep breath to relieve the tension building in his shoulders.
Synonyms
329
1.5
Help someone feel happier when they are sad or sick
305
2.1
To make something less painful or difficult
172
1.0
To make someone feel less upset or in pain
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5.3
To make pain, suffering, or a problem less strong
63
3.4
To make someone feel calmer or reduce their pain
26
2.5
To make a load or worry feel less heavy
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7.7
To make a bad feeling, pain, or worry less strong
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6.9
To make fear, anger, or worry less strong
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4.2
To make quiet or calm
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7.2
To make someone less angry or upset
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4.9
To remove a heavy load from someone, physical or emotional, often by talking
2
4.5
To make a situation less tense by calming people
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9.0
Make disease symptoms less strong without curing the disease
To free someone or something from a problem that makes things hard
Make someone feel less worried or tense
To make muscles or nerves feel less tight after stress
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Etymology
Relieve comes from the Latin parts re- and levare, where levare means 'to lift' and is linked to levis 'light'. So to relieve pain is like lifting a heavy weight off someone and making them feel lighter.