mitigate
verb C1To make less severe, serious, or painful; to lessen the severity of damage or harm.; to make less severe, serious, or painful
To make less severe, serious, or painful; to lessen the severity of damage or harm.
To make something less severe, serious, or painful; to reduce or alleviate.
To reduce the severity or intensity of damage or problems.
To make less severe, serious, or painful.
To make less severe, serious, or painful; to lessen.
To make less severe, serious, or painful; alleviate.
To make less severe, serious, or painful; to reduce the intensity or impact of something harmful.
To make less severe, serious, or painful; to lessen the intensity of something harmful.
To reduce the severity of damage or problems.
Make less severe, serious, or painful; to reduce or diminish the impact of something.
To make less severe, serious, or painful, to reduce the intensity of damage or problems.
To reduce a problem or negative impact
to make less severe or painful; to reduce the impact of something harmful
In context
The government took steps to mitigate the effects of the drought.
The new policies aim to mitigate the effects of climate change.
alleviate,reduce,ease
exacerbate,worsen,increase
mitigate risk,mitigate damage,mitigate effects
Verb forms
Past: mitigated · Past participle: mitigated · -ing: mitigating