verb
ADVERB
▪ temporarily
▪ completely , partially
VERB + RELIEVE
▪ attempt to , try to
▪
They try to ~ the symptoms of depression by drinking.
▪ help (to)
▪
Her jokes helped to ~ the tension.
▪ be designed to , be intended to
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Respite care is intended to ~ parents of the burden of caring for disabled children.
Relieve is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ anxiety , ↑ bladder , ↑ boredom , ↑ burden , ↑ congestion , ↑ constipation , ↑ cramp , ↑ depression , ↑ discomfort , ↑ distress , ↑ embarrassment , ↑ headache , ↑ hunger , ↑ indigestion , ↑ itch , ↑ misery , ↑ nausea , ↑ pain , ↑ pressure , ↑ problem , ↑ rheumatism , ↑ siege , ↑ stress , ↑ suffering , ↑ symptom , ↑ tension