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What does alleviate mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word alleviate? Here's what it means.

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  1. (transitive) To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.
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The country restricts the movement of foreigners, and groups that distribute aid to alleviate its food shortages are barred from some areas.
Hiring a trustworthy realtor can alleviate some of the stresses associated with long distance selling or renting.
This body must act now to urge our fellow legislators in the United States Senate to alleviate this crisis.
This system is supposed to consider issues like fault and blame because it is designed to alleviate individual wrongs, not social grievances.
Secondly, injecting drug users who experience withdrawal symptoms will go to great lengths to alleviate them.
Export subsidies help to provide them with a supply of products at reasonable prices and do much to alleviate food shortages.

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