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abatesverbpresent tense third-person singular of abate to grow less in scope or intensity especially graduallyinterest in the author's home abated as her novels waned in popularity declines, decreases, de-escalates, dies (away or down or out), diminishes, drains (away), drops (off), dwindles, eases, ebbs, falls, falls away, lessens, lets up, lowers, moderates, palls, phases down, ratchets (down)also rachets (down), recedes, relents, remits, shrinks, subsides, tapers, tapers off, wanes compresses, condenses, constricts, contractsevaporates, fades (away), fritters (away), gives out, melts (away), peters (out), tails (off), vanishesslackens, slows (down)alleviates, relaxesflags, sinks, weakenscaves (in), collapses, deflates accumulates, balloons, builds, burgeons(also bourgeons), enlarges, escalates, expands, grows, increases, intensifies, mounts, mushrooms, picks up, rises, snowballs, soars, swells, waxes appears, emerges, shows upblows up, distends, elongates, lengthens to make smaller in amount, volume, or extenta couple of aspirin should abate the pain decreases, de-escalates, dents, depletes, diminishes, downscales, downsizes, drops, dwindles, eases, knocks down, lessens, lowers, reduces compresses, condenses, constricts, contractsabbreviates, abridges, clips, crops, curtails, cuts, cuts back, cuts down, docks, nicks, pares, prunes, retrenches, shortens, slashes, trims, truncates, whittlesdeflates, shrinksminimizesmoderates, modifies, modulates, qualifies aggrandizes, amplifies, augments, boosts, enlarges, escalates, expands, increases, raises blows up, dilates, distends, inflates, swellselongates, extends, lengthens, prolongs, protractsadds (to), complements, supplementsenhances, heightens, intensifiesredoubles 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 abolishes, abrogates, annuls, avoids, cancels, disannuls, dissolves, invalidates, negates, nullifies, nulls, quashes, repeals, rescinds, rolls back, strikes down, vacates, voids countermands, overrides, overrules, overturns, vetoesaborts, calls, calls off, drops, recalls, retracts, reverses, revokes, suspends, withdrawsbans, enjoins, forbids, outlaws, prohibitsdisallows, dismisses, rejectsannihilates, breaks down, eliminates, eradicates, erases, liquidates, removes, throws out, writes off does away with, sets aside enacts, lays down, legislatesestablishes, founds, institutesformalizes, legalizes, legitimates, legitimizes, validatespasses, ratifiesallows, approves, authorizes, clears, endorses(also indorses), permits, sanctions, warrantscommands, decrees, mandates, orders, prescribes to take away (an amount or number) from a totalI managed to get the used car dealer to abate $200 from the sticker price deducts, knocks off, subtracts, takes off decreases, diminishes, discounts, downsizes, dwindles, knocks down, lessens, lowers, reducesabbreviates, abridges, clips, crops, curtails, cuts, cuts back, cuts down, docks, pares, prunes, retrenches, shortens, slashes, trims, truncates, whittles adds, tacks (on) adjoins, annexes, appendscomplements, supplementsenhances, heightens, intensifies, magnifiesaggrandizes, amplifies, augments, beefs (up), boosts, compounds, enlarges, escalates, expands, increases, multiplies, raises to take something away fromrecurring problems could not abate her of her enthusiasm for the project |