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destress

verb

Meaning

  1. To reduce the stresses in a material.
  2. To reduce the stress in oneself or another person.
  3. To reduce emphasis.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

deemphasize(English)de-stress(English)relax(English)unstress(English)wind down(English)stress out(English)undistress(English)restress(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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