alleviator
Americannoun
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a person or thing that alleviates.
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(in a pipeline) an airtight box, having a free liquid surface, for cushioning the shock of water hammer.
Etymology
Origin of alleviator
Example Sentences
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Major, a professor of social mobility at the University of Exeter, added: "The reality is that a teacher these days is a counsellor, a social worker, a poverty alleviator and a guardian of respectful values."
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Most of the air-quality improvement came overnight into Friday, with rain acting as a final alleviator.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2022
O thou sweet alleviator of anxious toils, be propitious to me, whenever duly invoking thee!
From The Works of Horace by Horace
It is to be used as a great alleviator of human suffering in lowering and regulating the temperature of hospitals in hot weather, and in surgical operations as a substitute for an�sthetics and cauterising agents.
From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry
It is an alleviator of human sorrow, an exhauster of oppressive cares.
From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John
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