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slack

v. cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"

slack, abate

v. make less active or intense

assuage, quench, allay

v. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"

relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage

v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

aid, help, improve the condition of, provide help to

v. improve the condition of; "These pills will help the patient"

strengthen, fortify, beef up

v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

calm, cool off, chill out, calm down, simmer down, compose oneself, cool it

v. become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."

calm, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillize

v. cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"

soothe, cause to feel better

v. cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation"

fill, satiate, sate, replete

v. fill to satisfaction; "I am sated"

stifle, muffle, smother

v. conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

turn back, run off, drive off, dispel, chase away, drive away, drive out

v. force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"

drop, dismiss, send away, send packing

v. stop associating with; "They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"

sack, fire, force out, terminate, dismiss, send away, give the axe

v. terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

break, scatter, disperse, dissipate, spread out

v. move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";

eliminate, do away with, get rid of

v. terminate or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

blunt, make blunt, dull, make dull

v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage

v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

control, mortify, subdue, contain

v. practice self-denial of one's body and appetites

increase

v. make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

feed, eat, take in food

v. take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"

grub, give, feed, give food to

v. give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"

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