Amp up and Alleviate

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Amp up verb - To make markedly greater in measure or degree.

Usage example: inflammatory rhetoric that served only to amp up the civil unrest that was overspreading the city

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Alleviate is an antonym for amp up.

Alleviate verb - To make more bearable or less severe.

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Amp up is an antonym for alleviate.

Nearby Words: alleviation, alleviating

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