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| acerbity |
sharpness or severity of temper or manner. [1/2 definitions] |
| acute |
of great severity or intensity. [1/7 definitions] |
| arctic |
characterized by or resembling the severity of weather of the arctic region. [1/5 definitions] |
| commute |
to reduce the severity of (a prison sentence). [1/7 definitions] |
| crack down |
to increase the severity with which rules, laws, or the like are enforced, esp. to combat abuses or rectify a problem. [1/2 definitions] |
| crackdown |
an increase in the severity with which rules, laws, or the like are enforced, esp. to combat abuses or rectify a problem. |
| exacerbate |
to increase the painfulness or severity of (illness, suffering, hard feelings, or the like); aggravate. [1/2 definitions] |
| exasperate |
to increase the intensity or severity of (suffering, anger, or the like). [1/2 definitions] |
| hard |
with great force or severity. [1/11 definitions] |
| mild |
of limited severity; not extreme. [1/3 definitions] |
| mitigate |
to lessen the force, severity, or impact of. [1/3 definitions] |
| mortal |
of great and unrelenting severity; terrible; inexorable. [1/6 definitions] |
| remittent |
marked by a temporary lessening or abatement in intensity or severity, as a fever or illness. |
| rigor |
strictness, severity, inflexibility, or harshness, as of manner, judgment, or law. [2/6 definitions] |
| stringency |
strictness or severity. [1/2 definitions] |
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