atenuar
reduce ; temper ; mitigate ; attenuate ; tone down ; dim ; water down ; take + the bite out of ; soft-pedal ; deaden ; abate ; extenuate ; take + the teeth out of.
The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.
This advantage must be tempered by the fact that the standard centrally produced record may not always be consistent with local requirements.
Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.
In the emerging technological environment of distributed systems, however, the informal or even formal links between source and user are attenuated or broken.
We found an increasing trend toward a more structured approach in data gathering procedures, while loose data collection was toned down significantly.
At first, analyzing the way he went about his work eroded his confidence, threw him off balance, dimmed some of his energetic spirit.
One of these proposals, a large jump in the dues for students and retired members, was watered down before finally being passed.
The aim of this paper is to chart a different course of interpretation through Husserl's earliest work; a course which doesn't take all of the bite out of Heidegger's critique of technology.
Antisemitism soft-pedal the importance of religious belief for comprehending the persistence of Jew-hatred.
This results in the epidural not reaching all of the nerve endings that should have been deadened by the anesthesia prior to the surgical process.
As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.
The Depression extenuated the fact that impoverished Americans were helpless in a capitalistic system that denied them any voice.
Sometimes making fun of something terrible helps to take the teeth out of it.
