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mitigate verb abate, abate in intensity, adjust, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, check, control, curb, cushion, decrease, diminish, ease, give relief, lenire, lessen, lessen in force, lighten, make less severe, meliorate, mitigare, mitiorem facere, moderate, moderate in severity, mollify, palliate, reduce, regulate, relieve, restrain, soften, temper, unburden Associated concepts: duty to mitigate See also: abate, adjust, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, assuage, commute, curb, decrease, dilute, diminish, ease, extenuate, justify, lessen, lull, meliorate, moderate, modify, mollify, obtund, palliate, relax, relieve, remedy, remit, resolve, soothe, subside How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The ability to acquire and use information is supplanting heretofore-accepted risk mitigators, such as mass and armor protection. The regressivity mitigators suggested above would, however, be difficult to implement and administratively costly. IPS functionality may eventually migrate into the switches themselves, but until then, enterprises must shore up perimeter defenses with threat mitigators that focus on the internal network. |
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