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Destress

To reduce the stresses in a material.

📖 Definitions of "Destress"

verb

1
To reduce the stresses in a material.
2
To reduce the stress in oneself or another person.
3
To reduce emphasis.

🔄 Synonyms of "Destress"

1 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
deemphasizeverb	Alternative form of de-emphasize. [(transitive) To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down.]

↔️ Antonyms of "Destress"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
emphasizeverb	(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
accentuateverb	(transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
stressnoun	(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
accentnoun	(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
bring outverb	To elicit, evoke, or emphasize (a particular quality).
set offverb	(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Destress"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
deemphasizeverb	Alternative form of de-emphasize. [(transitive) To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down.]
de-stressverb	Alternative form of destress. [(transitive) To reduce the physical stresses in (a material).]
relaxverb	(intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
unstressnoun	(poetry) An unstressed syllable.
wind downverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To relax; to get rid of stress; to destress.
stress outverb	(transitive) To inflict stress on (someone).
undistressverb	(transitive, rare) To free from distress.
restressnoun	To stress again.
depressurizenoun	(transitive) To reduce the air pressure within a chamber.
unstrainverb	(transitive) To relieve from strain; to relax.
detensionnoun	Misspelling of detention. [(uncountable) The act of detaining or the state of being detained; hindrance.]
unstretch	(ambitransitive) To (cause to) relax from a stretched state.
depressuriseverb	(British spelling) Alternative spelling of depressurize. [(transitive) To reduce the air pressure within a chamber.]
damp downverb	(transitive) to reduce the intensity of (an emotion or problem)
relieveverb	(transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
depressurenoun	To reduce the pressure of something, especially of a gas inside a container; to depressurize
defuseverb	(transitive, figurative) To make less dangerous, tense, or hostile.
decompressverb	(transitive, computing) To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
unstringnoun	(transitive) To remove the string or strings from.
easenoun	Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily.