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WordBand 7.5–8.5Toofey picks
mitigate
/ˈmɪtɪˌɡeɪt/
verb
To make something bad less severe.
- “Planting trees can help to mitigate the effects of heat.”Toofey
- “This law mitigates the negative effects of economic recessions.”Tatoeba
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))