attenuate
(v.)
- to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : WEAKEN
In a sentence:In order to attenuate the pain he was feeling after his wife left, Robert brewed a pot of ginseng tea, did some yoga, and searched his cabinets for old prescription meds.
In a different sentence:
Trying to attenuate her desire for a man she could never have, Rebecca decided to find something else to become obsessed with and addicted to—alcohol was cheap, but bowling was cheaper.
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