alleviate
verb (used with object)
to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate.
had alleviated
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past perfectof alleviate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Thinking he had alleviated the problem a bit, the “Whatcha Say” artist hit the gym, but after getting his workout in he noticed that his “finger swelled up even more so.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
Caraffi said a ceasefire between the government and certain armed groups had alleviated the situation in some areas, but called on armed groups to allow humanitarian organizations access to conflict zones.
From Reuters ● Mar. 22, 2023
Some cities had alleviated many aspects of this problem by the end of the nineteenth century, but others remained.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The phone call had alleviated some of his anxiety, but it had also been agonizing.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2019
Everyone loved her, from the tired peasant women who tramped miles to ask the 'Scottish Doctoress' for advice about their babies to the wounded soldiers whose pain she had alleviated.
From Elsie Inglis The Woman with the Torch by Lena Ashwell
