All 3 Uses of
assuage
in
Catch-22
- Colonel Cathcart was helpless to assess exactly how much ground he had gained or lost with his goddam skeet-shooting range and wished that Colonel Korn were in his office right then to evaluate the entire episode for him still one more time and assuage his fears.†
Chpt 19
- Hasn't it ever occurred to you that in your promiscuous pursuit of women you are merely trying to assuage your subconscious fears of sexual impotence?†
Chpt 27 *
- To assuage my fears of sexual impotence.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(assuage) to soothe (make something less unpleasant or frightening)