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as in softening, emollient
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- heavy-handed,
- oppressive,
- pitiless,
- tyrannical
- (also tyrannic)
buffering
verb
present participle of buffer
Synonyms & Antonyms of buffering (Entry 2 of 2)
to lessen the shock of
- during my walk an umbrella and thick coat buffered the freezing rain
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“Buffering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffering. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.
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