Mitigate
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Common collocations
| destruction | mitigate destruction | stop destruction |
| spread | mitigate spread | stop spread |
| game | mitigate game | stop game |
| pain | mitigate pain | stop pain |
| Other words: threat. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The main characters' final act plan was to stop the Fal'cie and, failing at that, to mitigate the damage.
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Anti-Poop Socking: The Virtual Console release helped mitigate the original problem that plagued the Genesis version: that of having to play 100 levels with no ability to stop and resume the game.
Source: Video Game / Kid Chameleon - Attack Its Weak Point: Several bosses in the first game have weak points that need to be hit in order to either damage them more, mitigate their damage to the party, or to stop them from performing devastating special attacks.
Source: Video Game / Blue Dragon
Cite this Source
Stop and Mitigate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mitigate/stop
Mitigate & Stop. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mitigate/stop>.
Stop or Mitigate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mitigate/stop.
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