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assuage
A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco
To make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
A state of extreme excitement, fear or anger in which a person, or a group of people, loses control of their emotions and starts to cry, laugh, etc.
An unexpected mistake or error, often not serious but troublesome.
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To make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
When Sam saw that Frank looked sad because his dog Spot had died, Sam tried to
assuage
his feelings by saying that Spot had had a very good life while he was alive.
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