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Topalliate is to make something less painful or unpleasant, or to calm fears. (verb)
- When a medication lessens your pain after surgery or the unpleasant symptoms of a disease, these are examples of when youpalliate with medication.
- When a police chief calls a press conference and assures the citizens that the robber has been arrested, this is an example of when youpalliate fears.
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