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US
/əˈɫiviˌeɪtɪd/
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[ UK /ɐlˈiːvɪˌeɪtɪd/ ]
[ UK /ɐlˈiːvɪˌeɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
How To Use alleviated In A Sentence
- As a result, passengers and crew found orientation difficult, though the provision of snap light wands alleviated this problem to some degree.
- As a result, passengers and crew found orientation difficult, though the provision of snap light wands alleviated this problem to some degree.
- If unalleviated, existential boredom can lead to a state of complete indifference or even revulsion toward the world, such as that described by the Roman statesman and philosopher Seneca: How long will things be the same? Accidie? Ennui? Sigh . . .
- Hospital beds would not be required for such local ambulant patients, and the hectic overwork of Accident and Emergency departments would, with one stroke, be alleviated.
- MSM is derived from DMSO dimethyl sulfoxide, which was discovered by individuals working in a logging mill who found that when they were around sawdust that had been rained on, their rheumatic aches and pains were alleviated. THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE
- Researches into the causes of fatigue became more and more frequent, and coupled with such researches was the less immediate enquiry as to how fatigue could be "combated" or "alleviated. Spontaneous Activity in Education
- Some of this can be alleviated by changing the camera angle - the overhead view being the most useful.
- If everyone were required to convert their parental trust funds to annuities at retirement, this problem could be alleviated.
- It alleviated the problem a little, but not enough to stave off looming financial disaster.
- And for the most part societies and, indeed, entire cultures have disapproved of that kind of story which offers an unalleviated picture of human forsakenness.