alleviate – make pain or problems etc, less severe
(Pronounced uh-lee-vee-ate)
To remember the definition of the word alleviate, use the following mnemonic:
A leaf he ate (alleviate) helped relieve his hunger pains.
Examples of alleviate in a sentence
The painkillers helped alleviate the pain.
They hired more staff to alleviate some of the stress.
Nothing he tried seemed to alleviate his symptoms.
