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Verb assuage has 3 senses
- pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
--1 is one way to calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to assuage Sue
- quench, slake, allay, assuage - satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
--2 is one way to meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage - provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
--3 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
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