alleviate

/əˈli.vi.eɪt/verb

To make pain, suffering, or a problem less severe.

Example sentence

“The medicine helped alleviate her headache.”

You alleviate a problem, never a person: alleviate pain, pressure, poverty, congestion. "Ease" is the plainer synonym.

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