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relieve
/rɪˈliv/ v [T] (LESSEN PAIN)Definition
› to make something bad or painful less severe:
The addition to the school will relieve overcrowding.
She was given morphine to relieve the pain.
› To relieve yourself is to excrete urine.
(Definition of relieve v ((LESSEN PAIN)) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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