
Mitigate
Immediate Relief
Mitigate implies action to quickly reduce negative impact.
Emergency services worked to mitigate the disaster's immediate effects.
Strategic Planning
Plans or measures put in place beforehand can mitigate potential future harm.
Building stronger levees can mitigate flood damage.
Not Eliminate
Mitigate reduces severity, but does not completely remove the problem.
Insulation can mitigate energy loss, not prevent it.