noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
alleviate the problem/situation/suffering etc
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a new medicine to alleviate the symptoms of flu
be suffering from a cold formal (= have one )
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He was suffering from a cold and not his usual energetic self.
incalculable harm/damage/suffering etc
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The outbreak of hostilities will cause incalculable misery.
suffering from jet lag
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I’m suffering from jet lag but I’ll feel better after a good night’s sleep.
unnecessary suffering
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She admitted causing the dog unnecessary suffering.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
great
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Indifference rather than intention may be the cause of greater human suffering , particularly with regard to corporate crime.
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This is understandable as, given the choice, no one wants to go through great suffering or pain.
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And this was the greatest suffering to him.
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Loving rebellious children unselfishly can bring great suffering to parents.
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The suffering involved in facing the enormity of man's potential for sin is the only cure for the greater suffering.
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Such debris from the practice of fishing leads to great suffering among wildlife and also among domesticated animals.
human
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Debt and the destruction of war have brought major economic setbacks, aside from damage to social services and human suffering .
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Few men can have done more to relieve human suffering , or shown less interest in profiting from the process.
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Indifference rather than intention may be the cause of greater human suffering , particularly with regard to corporate crime.
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There is no suggestion that the primary ethical task is to relieve the immense weight of human suffering . 11.
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His photographs and descriptions convey concern for the human suffering resulting from natural disasters.
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Indeed, it would be seen as a major source of avoidable and illegal human suffering .
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This reaction was based on the understanding that atomic bombs cause widespread death and destruction and extreme human suffering .
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Each country was affected by the unprecedented military build up, the collapse of the precarious economy and the human suffering .
unnecessary
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He had carried out a deliberate act causing unnecessary suffering and cruelty.
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But in Leeds High Court, a vet denied the mink endured unnecessary suffering .
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They are both accused of fourteen offences of causing unnecessary suffering to animals.
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Woodruff admitted causing unnecessary suffering when she appeared before Swindon Magistrates.
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But any conscious attempt to disregard this proportionality would inflict unnecessary losses and suffering .
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Doctors were unable to treat them unless and until their parents had been traced and this could cause unnecessary suffering .
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He denied two charges of abandoning the pets in circumstances likely to cause them unnecessary suffering on October 23 last year.
■ VERB
alleviate
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In the old, inherited sense fundamentalism is a good thing because it alleviates pain and suffering .
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May we play our small part in helping to alleviate the poverty and suffering of the world.
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She is the chairman of the Animal Defenders Youth Group, whose aim is to expose and alleviate animal suffering .
cause
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He had carried out a deliberate act causing unnecessary suffering and cruelty.
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They are both accused of fourteen offences of causing unnecessary suffering to animals.
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And these self-centred ways automatically cause suffering and, ultimately, curtailment of the activity.
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Woodruff admitted causing unnecessary suffering when she appeared before Swindon Magistrates.
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Aquino's economic cutbacks, imposed on her for all the right reasons, have caused considerable suffering .
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Doctors were unable to treat them unless and until their parents had been traced and this could cause unnecessary suffering .
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He denied two charges of abandoning the pets in circumstances likely to cause them unnecessary suffering on October 23 last year.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It is hard to imagine the pain and suffering they went through.
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Reporters described the suffering they had seen in the war zone.
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The earthquake has caused massive damage and a great deal of human suffering .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Because of this, suffering is less of a threat to happiness, while it spells death to the pleasure-seeking life.
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But any conscious attempt to disregard this proportionality would inflict unnecessary losses and suffering .
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Developing your body and your soul, exercise and suffering , were both facets of a supremely masculine fortification of the spirit.
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Like penicillin, cephalosporin has saved the lives or relieved the suffering of countless patients and animals world-wide.
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Now the milestone has been passed - and there is still no end in sight to the slaughter and suffering .
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The chief effect is to highlight the horror of the desolate and pre-human world of purposeless suffering .
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We have often a choice: self pity or spiritual power through suffering .