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show mercy(expression, moderate, yield, surrender)
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slacken(stop, calm, dull, quiet)
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slow(stop, dull, fall, moderate)
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soften(calm, moderate, yield, surrender)
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still(calm, quiet, cool, settle)
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stroke(calm, quiet, cool, settle)
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subdue(stop, calm, dull, quiet)
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subside(stop, calm, dull, quiet)
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take it easy(expression, idiom, stop, calm)
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tranquilize(calm, quiet, cool, settle)
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wane(stop, calm, dull, quiet)
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weaken(yield, surrender, quit, relax)
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acquiesce(yield, surrender, quit, relax)
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alleviate(quiet, cool, settle, relieve)
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ameliorate(calm, soothe, repress, appease)
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appease(calm, quiet, cool, settle)
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assuage(calm, quiet, cool, settle)
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becalm(calm, quiet, cool, settle)
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bury the hatchet(expression, idiom, calm, soothe)
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butter up(expression, phrasal verb, calm, soothe)
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