provide disaster relief; eliminate disaster
Meanings
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to provide relief to disaster victims
neutralRefers to organized actions of distributing aid (food, money, supplies) to people affected by a disaster.
The government quickly allocated funds for disaster relief.
International organizations dispatched medical teams to the disaster area to provide relief.
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People from all over the country donated money and supplies to help with disaster relief.
Distributing grain for disaster relief was a common method in ancient times.
verb
to eliminate or prevent a disaster
neutralRefers to active measures to stop a disaster from happening or spreading, such as firefighting, flood control, or disease containment.
Building levees is to prevent floods and eliminate the disaster.
Firefighters are making an all-out effort to fight the fire at the scene.
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Scientists are researching new technologies to deal with earthquake disaster mitigation.