1920 Electr. Rev. 31 July 185/3 There is divided opinion as to what actually takes place during this stress relieving operation.

1956 Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. 183 99/2 Stress relieving of 11-ft. dia. electrically welded steel duct.

2017 V. Rudnev et al. Handbk. Induction Heating (e-book ed. 2) iv In order to reduce the probability of cracking, stress relieving before induction hardening can be very helpful.

1918 U.S. Patent 1,256,947 1/1 The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple, economical and efficient automatic stress-relieving friction pulley.

1938 D. K. Bullens Steel & its Heat Treatm. (ed. 4) I. v. 140 Finish machining is then done and a final stress-relieving draw given..at 1050°, holding 48 hr. at temperature and furnace cooling.

1995 Reducing Earthquake Losses (U.S. Congress, Office Technol. Assessment) ii. 39 Some deformation of the plate edges also occurs many miles from the primary fault, leading to stress-relieving earthquakes on strike-slip faults located on either side of the San Andreas.

2003 Dental Materials 19 688/2 Measurements were carried out after casting and finishing.., after the stress-relieving treatment..and after each porcelain firing cycle.

1947 S. J. Iantorno Program of Personality Devel. Activities for High School (M.Sc. thesis, Univ. of Southern Calif.) ii. 32 Stress-relieving devices. The devices by which adjustment to seemingly inescapable situations are effected, are generally referred to as defense mechanisms.

1956 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Sept. 10 (advt.) ‘Rauwiloid’..has pronounced tranquillizing, bradycardic and stress-relieving properties.

1973 Big Spring (Texas) Herald 6 Apr. 2 a/5 A Senate committee couldn't quite decide whether ‘Transcendental Meditation’ was a form of religion or a stress-relieving exercise.

2018 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 18 Nov. 8 I go to the gym first thing, and love getting home to my dog, grabbing a coffee, and going for a walk before work. It's the most stress-relieving routine ever.