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11make less serious — index extenuate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
12make less severe — index commute, mitigate, modify (moderate), palliate (abate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13make less violent — index obtund, remit (relax) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14less — less·est; less·ness; let·ter·less; li·cense·less; lid·less; life·less; life·less·ly; life·less·ness; light·less; light·less·ness; limb·less; lime·less; lim·it·less; line·less; lint·less; lip·less; list·less; list·less·ly; list·less·ness;… …
15less — adj Less, Lesser, smaller, fewer are comparable terms that approach each other in meaning but are not synonyms and are rarely interchangeable. Less means not as much, especially in degree, value, or amount, and its opposite is usually more. It… …
16make — make; make·bate; make·ham s; make·less; trans·make; un·make; make·shift; re·make; make·shift·ness; make·shifty; …
17less|en — «LEHS uhn», intransitive verb. to grow less or apparently less; diminish: »The fever lessened during the night. –v.t. 1. to make less, especially in size; decrease; shrink. 2. to represent as less; minimize; belittle: »to lessen the achievements… …
18Less — Less, v. t. To make less; to lessen. [Obs.] Gower. [1913 Webster] …
19make a dent in — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make less by a very small amount; reduce slightly. Usually used in the negative or with such qualifying words as hardly or barely . * /John shoveled and shoveled, but he didn t seem to make a dent in the pile of sand./ *… …
20make a dent in — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make less by a very small amount; reduce slightly. Usually used in the negative or with such qualifying words as hardly or barely . * /John shoveled and shoveled, but he didn t seem to make a dent in the pile of sand./ *… …
