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
As we went up the beautiful, open-work alleviator, I felt, oh, that this thing was swinging me off to Jonesville, acrost the waste of sea and land.
From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta
“And I can go to the stores if it does rain52 and go up in the alleviator, for I brought my little umbrella.”
From The Twin Cousins by May, Sophie
And they come swiftly from the other side of the earth, over wires and cables, for your electric telegraph is a great alleviator of anxiety.
From The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph
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