Vocabulary
Mitigation
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The mitigation toolkit for this purpose includes installing early warning systems and constructing gabion walls, checkdams and irrigation channels to divert the floodwaters.
- The project, which aimed to develop weather and climate monitoring infrastructure to enable early warning systems for disaster mitigation was reduced to an emergency relief effort in the aftermath of the 2022 floods.
- This climate infrastructure is not buried underground and provides flood mitigation, storm-water management, urban heat island impact reduction, recreational opportunities as well as enhanced biodiversity.
- With an escalating humanitarian crisis on our hands, the need for transparency in flood mitigation is urgent.
- Although the scheme is aligned with climate mitigation efforts, a broader push for transition to electric mobility requires more than this initiative to meet the goal of converting 30pc of new vehicle sales to electric by 2030.
Synonyms
alleviation, reduction, diminution, lessening, easing, weakening, lightening, assuagement
Curator example
“the identification and mitigation of pollution”
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