Reducing deforestation is one way to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
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Mitigate
//ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt//
Synonyms for "mitigate" (237 found)
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Closest matches (48)
Strong matches (71)
come aroundcome roundcomfortcomposeconditionconstraincontrolconvertcounteractcrampcripplecushiondampdampende emphasizede-emphasizedeadendeaden the paindebilitatedecrease
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deformdegeneratedenaturedeterioratedeviatedevitalizedilutediminishdivergediversifydownplaydullease mattersease offease upenervateenfeebleeviscerateexcuseexhaustfitflopfomentgive reliefgloss overgruelhaul aroundhedgehedge abouthelpignoreimprovejibekeep within boundslaylay lowleavenlenifylessenlet downlet uplet up onlightenlimitlooseloosenlullmake allowance for
Related words (118)
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9 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 25 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- облекчавам verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- смекчавам verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Catalan
1 entries- mitigar verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 减少 verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- 缓解 verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Czech
2 entries- snížit verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- zmírnit verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Danish
3 entries- dæmpe verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- lindre verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- mitigere verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Dutch
2 entries- mitigeren verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- verzachten verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Esperanto
1 entries- mildigi verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Finnish
2 entries- helpottaa verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- lieventää verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
French
3 entries- atténuer verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- mitiger verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- réduire verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
German
4 entries- abmildern verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- abschwächen verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- lindern verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- mildern verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Hungarian
1 entries- csökkent verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Italian
2 entries- limitare verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- mitigare verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Latin
1 entries- mītigō verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Māori
1 entries- whakamauru verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- avbøte verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- formilde verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- lindre verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قیرمق verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Polish
3 entries- zminimalizować verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- zmniejszyć verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- złagodzić verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Portuguese
3 entries- atenuar verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- mitigar verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- pacificar verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Romanian
1 entries- atenua verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Russian
4 entries- облегча́ть verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- сде́рживать verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- смягча́ть verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- уменьша́ть verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Spanish
1 entries- mitigar verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Swedish
2 entries- lindra verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- mildra verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Turkish
4 entries- azaltmak verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- dindirmek verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- hafifletmek verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- tadil etmek verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Ukrainian
3 entries- зменшувати verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- полегшувати verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- пом'якшувати verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Vietnamese
2 entries- giảm nhẹ verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
- giảm thiểu verb (to reduce, lessen, or decrease)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Friendly words will mitigate their fury.
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I don't know whether we can fix the problem, but we can mitigate its effects.
Source: tatoeba (8657746)
“Now all countries must develop that same muscle memory and invest in the measures that will prevent, control and mitigate the next crisis,” Tedros said.
Source: tatoeba (9434508)
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