Militate vs Mitigate

Militate vs Mitigate

Militate: to have a substantial effect; weigh heavily

a. Harry’s speaking ill of others in the company militates against his own reputation amongst the others.
b. Narendra Modi’s speech at India Gate militated the people around.

Mitigate: making something less impactful or reducing the severity

a. NGO’s try to mitigate misery in the world.
b. Scientists are trying to mitigate risk against the recent meteor shower risk.

Read the following sentences and fill in the blanks with the right word.

1. Many schools turn to fundraising to ____________ (militate / mitigate) their shortcomings.

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2. A leader’s job is to __________ (militate / mitigate) his team members through his actions and words.

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3. Risk can never be eliminated, it can just be ______________ (militated / mitigated).

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4. The rise of dollar value __________ (militated / mitigated) the total exports of the fiscal year.

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5. Disaster management education imparts students the knowledge of how to ____________ (militate / mitigate) risk at the time of calamities.

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