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DESTRESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduce the emphasis

Synonyms:

de-emphasise; de-emphasize; destress

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "destress" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "destress"):

reduce (destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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