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abateverb to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallyinterest in the author's home abated as her novels waned in popularity de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down)also rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane compress, condense, constrict, contractevaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanishslacken, slow (down)alleviate, relaxflag, sink, weakencave (in), collapse, deflate accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon(also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax appear, emerge, show upblow up, distend, elongate, lengthen to make smaller in amount, volume, or extenta couple of aspirin should abate the pain de-escalate, decrease, dent, deplete, diminish, downscale, downsize, drop, dwindle, ease, knock down, lessen, lower, reduce compress, condense, constrict, contractabbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, nick, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittledeflate, shrinkminimizemoderate, modify, modulate, qualify aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, raise blow up, dilate, distend, inflate, swellelongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protractadd (to), complement, supplementenhance, heighten, intensifyredouble to put an end to by formal actionasked the appellate court to abate the lower court's ruling allowing the patient to be removed from life support abolish, abrogate, annul, avoid, cancel, disannul, dissolve, invalidate, negate, null, nullify, quash, repeal, rescind, roll back, strike down, vacate, void countermand, override, overrule, overturn, vetoabort, call, call off, drop, recall, retract, reverse, revoke, suspend, withdrawban, enjoin, forbid, outlaw, prohibitdisallow, dismiss, rejectannihilate, break down, eliminate, eradicate, erase, liquidate, remove, throw out, write off do away with, set aside enact, lay down, legislateestablish, found, instituteformalize, legalize, legitimate, legitimize, validatepass, ratifyallow, approve, authorize, clear, endorse(also indorse), permit, sanction, warrantcommand, decree, mandate, order, prescribe to take away (an amount or number) from a totalI managed to get the used car dealer to abate $200 from the sticker price deduct, knock off, subtract, take off decrease, diminish, discount, downsize, dwindle, knock down, lessen, lower, reduceabbreviate, abridge, clip, crop, curtail, cut, cut back, cut down, dock, pare, prune, retrench, shorten, slash, trim, truncate, whittle add, tack (on) adjoin, annex, appendcomplement, supplementenhance, heighten, intensify, magnifyaggrandize, amplify, augment, beef (up), boost, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, increase, multiply, raise to take something away fromrecurring problems could not abate her of her enthusiasm for the project bereave, deprive, divest, strip denudecheat, clean (out), defraud, shortchangebankrupt, disfurnish, impoverish abate, subside, wane, ebb mean to die down in force or intensity.abate stresses the idea of progressive diminishing.the storm abated subside implies the ceasing of turbulence or agitation.the protests subsided after a few days wane suggests the fading or weakening of something good or impressive.waning enthusiasm ebb suggests the receding of something (such as the tide) that commonly comes and goes.the ebbing of daylight Cf. decrease. in the 14th century |