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61soothe — I verb allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, attemper, balm, becalm, blunt, calm, comfort, compose, deaden, dulcify, dull, ease, free from anxiety, free from pain, give relief, humor, hush, lenify, lenire, lessen, lull, mitigate,… …
62subdue — I verb abate, allay, beat, beat down, bend, best, break, bring under rule, calm, captivate, capture, choke, conquer, control, crush, curb, deaden, defeat, discipline, discomfit, domare, dominate, dull, enthrall, foil, get the better of, harness,… …
63take the edge off — index obtund Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
64weaken — index adulterate, alleviate, attenuate, countervail, damage, debase, debilitate, denature, deplete …
65KO — Synonyms and related words: Cadmean victory, Pyrrhic victory, anesthetize, ascendancy, bedaze, benumb, besot, blackout, blunt, call off, cancel, catalepsy, catatonia, catatony, championship, chloroform, clincher, coldcock, coma, complete,… …
66abate — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abolish, abrade, abrogate, abstract, adjust to, allay, alleviate, allow, alter, anesthetize, annihilate, annul, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, bank the fire, bate, be eaten away, benumb, blot out, blunt …
67allay — Synonyms and related words: abate, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, attemper, balm, bank the fire, benumb, blunt, calm, chasten, cloy, compose, conciliate, constrain, control, cool, cram, cushion, damp, dampen, de emphasize, deaden,… …
68alleviate — Synonyms and related words: abate, allay, anesthetize, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, bank the fire, bate, be light, benumb, blunt, chasten, constrain, control, cure, cushion, damp, dampen, de emphasize, deaden, deaden the pain, dilute,… …
69anesthetize — Synonyms and related words: KO, abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bedaze, benumb, besot, blunt, chloroform, coldcock, cushion, deaden, deaden the pain, desensitize, diminish, dope, drug, dull, ease, ease matters, entrance, etherize,… …
70assuage — Synonyms and related words: abate, adjust to, allay, alleviate, alter, anesthetize, appease, attemper, bank the fire, benumb, blunt, box in, chasten, circumscribe, condition, constrain, control, cushion, damp, dampen, de emphasize, deaden, deaden …
