See relieve on Wiktionary
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"examples": [
{
"text": "These drugs are used to relieve pain."
},
{
"text": "Adding new nurses will relieve pressure on the hospital."
},
{
"text": "The new roads only relieved the traffic for a few months."
}
],
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"If you relieve pain, pressure, sadness, difficulty, etc., you reduce it."
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"id": "simple-relieve-en-verb-RBEFIrdS"
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"examples": [
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"text": "He went behind a tree to relieve himself."
}
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"If you relieve yourself, you urinate."
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"examples": [
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"text": "When I arrived at 11:00 to relieve the guard, he was asleep."
},
{
"text": "After the failure, the manager was relieved of his duties."
}
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"If you relieve somebody, you release them from duty, often by taking their place."
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"text": "These drugs are used to relieve pain."
},
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"text": "Adding new nurses will relieve pressure on the hospital."
},
{
"text": "The new roads only relieved the traffic for a few months."
}
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"If you relieve pain, pressure, sadness, difficulty, etc., you reduce it."
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},
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"examples": [
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"text": "He went behind a tree to relieve himself."
}
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"text": "When I arrived at 11:00 to relieve the guard, he was asleep."
},
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"text": "After the failure, the manager was relieved of his duties."
}
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]
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