GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -mitigate -uh-gayt verb. 1 : to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify. 2 a : to make less severe or painful : alleviate. b : to lessen the seriousness of : extenuate.

Detailed explanation-2: -to make something less harmful, unpleasant, or bad: It is unclear how to mitigate the effects of tourism on the island.

Detailed explanation-3: -allay. verbreduce something, usually a pain or a problem. abate. alleviate. assuage.

Detailed explanation-4: -1 abate, abridge, contract, curtail, cut down, debase, decrease, depress, dilute, diminish, downsize, impair, lessen, lower, moderate, shorten, slow down, tone down, truncate, turn down, weaken, wind down.

Detailed explanation-5: -Militate against something means exert weight or effect against it: High taxes militate against relocating the plant. Mitigate, which means ease or soften, is never the word to use with against: Tax reductions mitigated the financial pressure.