shock absorber

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

shock absorber
    n 1: a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses;
         "the old car needed a new set of shocks" [syn: {shock
         absorber}, {shock}, {cushion}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "shock absorber":
      alleviative, alleviator, anodyne, assuager, balm, calmative,
      cushion, dolorifuge, lenitive, mitigator, moderator, modulator,
      mollifier, pacificator, pacifier, palliative, peacemaker,
      restraining hand, salve, sedative, soother, soothing syrup,
      stabilizer, temperer, tranquilizer, wiser head

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