ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsMmitigate
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mitigate
Meaning: to make something less severe or harmful
mitigate in a sentence
How mitigate is used in real sentences:
New building codes help mitigate damage from earthquakes.
Doctors prescribed medication to mitigate the patient's chronic pain.
“Evaporation raised the danger gradually, but seepage through the rock could mitigate the stress before the next wave arrived.”
— from the passage A Basin Between Tides
Synonyms for mitigate
Other words for mitigate — alleviate, ease and lessen — carry the same meaning.
- alleviate
- ease
- lessen
Antonyms of mitigate
Words that mean the opposite of mitigate:
- worsen
- aggravate
Where it comes from
From Latin mitigare 'to soften,' from mitis 'mild'
Memory hook
MIT-igate — engineers softening the blow of a tough problem.