ameliorate
verb (used with or without object), a·mel·io·rat·ed, a·mel·io·rat·ing.
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mitigate, lighten, alleviate, upgrade, help, amend, relieve, meliorate, improveExamples from the Web for ameliorate
Contemporary Examples of ameliorate
At the time, Bratton sought to ameliorate the tension between the LAPD and Muslims.
Our first priority should be to ameliorate those circumstances.
Scientists therefore have to examine all those genes en masse to cure or ameliorate the disease.
“Isolation itself is very damaging, and there is no way to ameliorate it,” Kupers told The Daily Beast.
How can you determine the facts, spin the story, and attempt to ameliorate the damage?
Crisis-Management Experts Weigh In on How to Handle Petraeus ScandalSandra McElwaine
November 14, 2012
Historical Examples of ameliorate
Our chief desire is to ameliorate the condition of the malgamite workers.
Roden's CornerHenry Seton Merriman
He laboured to ameliorate the condition of the native Indians in the American colonies.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
Do you pretend that it is impossible to ameliorate the lot of the people?
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
And why do men go soldiering except to ameliorate existence?
The MemorabiliaXenophon
And the Church never, never raised a finger to ameliorate their condition.
The Necessity of AtheismDr. D.M. Brooks