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Meanings of reliever in anglès

portuguès
dobro
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substitut

Someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

substitut

A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies.

A pitcher who does not start the game.

Synonyms
Examples for "fireman"
Examples for "fireman"
1
I hope James isn't the fireman I've come here looking for .
Roast mortem
2
Another of the cellmates said he was a fireman in New Orleans.
Zeitoun
3
It is a fireman mounting the great elm-tree in the madhouse yard.
Hard Cash
4
I just want to say sorry to the fireman, he told gardaí.
The Irish Times
5
The retired fireman also competes in moustache competitions in his free time.
Independent.ie
1
It's like a relief pitcher who fumbles the ball.
Guns will keep us together
2
On November 20, Watson traded relief pitcher Mike DeJean to the Colorado Rockies for Joe Girardi.
The Yankee Years
3
I was a relief pitcher, had a creditable ERA, and would come in to mop up games.
Reuters
4
I chose "El Guappo"-thehandsome one-thenickname of an ineffective former Red Sox relief pitcher.
Making toast
5
Papelbon is a relief pitcher.
The Guardian
Usage of reliever in anglès
1
We gobble up billions of dollars' worth of pain-reliever pills each year.
Prescription alternatives: hundreds of safe, natural, prescripti...
2
Painting Painting with watercolours, acrylics or pastels is a great stress reliever.
The South African
3
In small doses, the verbalisation of gripes can be a stress reliever.
The Irish Times
4
Marijuana is prescribed as a pain reliever for a range of maladies.
Reuters
5
Josh Reddick's two-out single scored Matt McBride off Texas reliever Matt Bush.
Reuters
6
It has been prescribed as a pain reliever and for cancer treatment.
Radio NZ
7
Its use as a relaxant or a pain reliever is widely accepted now.
BBC
8
Why would Torre use his key eighth-inning reliever in a blowout?
The Yankee Years
9
He spoke with former Mets reliever Tug McGraw and rookie reliever Charlie Puleo.
The new yorker
10
This resolution reliever the mind of Mr. Easy a good deal.
Lizzy Glenn; Or, The Trials of a Seamstress
11
Getting your tunes on An underrated stress reliever for exam preparation is music.
The South African
12
Offer a sympathetic ear along with a heating pad, backrub, or pain reliever.
Feminist dot com
13
Ate some peanut butter crackers, drank another Diet Coke, took more pain reliever.
Tough customer: a novel
14
Mets reliever John Franco and McNamee both had attended St. John's.
The Yankee Years
15
When the bullpen door swung open, an accidental reliever walked out.
The Yankee Years
16
Graeme Lloyd, a lefthanded reliever, was throwing in the Yankees' bullpen.
The Yankee Years
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Reliever through the time
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