MITIGATED Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

mitigated

verb

past tense of mitigate

as in alleviated

to make more bearable or less severe this medicine should mitigate the pain until the strained muscle heals itself

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Recent Examples of mitigated Though the threat of an explosion was mitigated in early June, cleanup didn't begin until the very end of the month. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Fire crews were fighting the blaze in smaller numbers because the threat to homes and people have been mitigated. — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026 The vulnerability, disclosed as part of Snowflake’s HackerOne vulnerability disclosure platform and mitigated on June 23, enabled Wiz to obtain access to sensitive data in Snowflake’s internal Jira environment. — Tim Keary, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 What are the environmental risks, and how will they be mitigated? — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026 That could have mitigated the Dodgers’ huge advantage in slugging. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026 Bigger picture But ultimately, many of these debris concerns could be mitigated with more responsible behaviors from space agencies and launch providers, Sorge said. — Leonard David, Space.com, 22 July 2026 Under Section 106, agencies more commonly use a memorandum of agreement in those circumstances to specify up front how adverse effects will be avoided, minimized, or mitigated. — Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 19 July 2026 In the decades since, professional guidance largely treated children’s media use as a behavior to be mitigated. — Gabriel E. Hales, The Conversation, 17 July 2026

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However, Paramount’s recent decision to put those commitments in writing has alleviated Cinemark and others’ concerns.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
Effective deployment of oil in storage alleviated the strain, too.

— Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2026

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The Lincoln was relieved by the USS George Washington last week, and it is expected to make a port call in Thailand in the coming days, according to several news reports.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
The different kinds of Roman toilet At home, the poorest Romans relieved themselves in chamber pots.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026

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In 2020, Parton donated $1 million to Vanderbilt University, which helped fund coronavirus research and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2026
From classic Amtrak routes crossing the Continental Divide to historic steam locomotives chugging through the state’s mining past, these journeys continue to preserve the stories, scenery and communities that helped shape the West.

— Jocelyn Rowley, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026

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