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relieve
/rɪˈliːv/ verb [T] Definition
FROM PAIN
› to make pain or a bad feeling less severe:
Breathing exercises can help to relieve stress.
FROM WORK
› to allow someone to stop working by taking their place:
The 7 a.m. team arrived to relieve the night workers.
(Definition of relieve verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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