bring relief from pain

  • 1relief — noun 1 removal of anxiety/pain ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, deep, enormous, great, huge, immense, intense, overwhelming, tremendous ▪ …

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  • 2relief — re|lief W2S2 [rıˈli:f] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(comfort)¦ 2¦(reduction of pain)¦ 3¦(help)¦ 4¦(replacement)¦ 5¦(decoration)¦ 6 bring/throw something into relief 7 light/comic relief 8¦(money)¦ 9¦(war)¦ 10¦(map)¦ …

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  • 3relief — n. easing of pain, of a burden 1) to bring; give relief 2) to express; feel relief 3) to find; receive; seek relief (they found relief in looking at their son s photographs) 4) great, immense; instant; permanent; temporary relief 5) (esp. BE) tax …

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  • 4relief — re|lief [ rı lif ] noun *** ▸ 1 relaxed happy feeling ▸ 2 reduction of pain etc. ▸ 3 something given to someone in need ▸ 4 something with raised surface ▸ 5 right not to pay in full ▸ 6 replacement worker ▸ 7 military help ▸ 8 rest from… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 5relief */*/*/ — UK [rɪˈliːf] / US [rɪˈlɪf] noun Word forms relief : singular relief plural reliefs 1) [singular/uncountable] a relaxed happy feeling that you get because something bad has not happened or a bad situation has ended It s a huge relief to know that… …

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  • 6Roman Catholic Relief Bill — • Sections on England and Ireland Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Roman Catholic Relief Bill     Roman Catholic Relief Bill      …

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  • 7Roman Catholic Relief Bills — were attempted steps of legislation in the United Kingdom towards Catholic Emancipation. They sought to remove the legal tests and disabilities imposed on British and Irish Catholics, brought about by Henry VIII s state Protestant Reformation,… …

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  • 8Epicureanism — Stephen Everson It is tempting to portray Epicureanism as the most straightforward, perhaps even simplistic, of the major dogmatic philosophical schools of the Hellenistic age. Starting from an atomic physics, according to which ‘the totality of… …

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  • 9Darwin from Insectivorous plants to Worms — The life and work of Darwin from Insectivorous plants to Worms followed after the work of Darwin from Descent of Man to Emotions. See inception of Darwin s theory, development of Darwin s theory, publication of Darwin s theory, reaction to Darwin …

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  • 10Darwin from Insectivorous Plants to Worms — The life and work of Darwin from Insectivorous Plants to Worms featured a continuation from Charles Darwin s investigations into insectivorous plants and climbing plants which he had begun before his work on Descent of Man and Emotions. Worries… …

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