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allay
 
VERB:1. To make or become calm: balm, becalm, calm (down), lull, quiet, settle, still, tranquilize. See CALM. 2. To make less severe or more bearable: alleviate, assuage, comfort, ease, lessen, lighten2, mitigate, palliate, relieve. See INCREASE.
 
 
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