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Meanings of reliever in English

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

      dobro

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

            A pitcher who does not start the game.

                  Usage of reliever in English
                  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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                  Portuguese
                  dobro
                  Reliever through the time
                  Reliever across language varieties
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