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əˈbeɪtabate
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
abate
The storm, the fever, the pain abates. Interest declines. Misfortunes may be mitigated, desires moderated, intense anger abated, population decreased, taxes reduced. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy, suppress a rebellion. See ALLEVIATE.
Synonyms:
decline, decrease, diminish, ebb, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, subsideAntonyms:
aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revivePreposition:
Abate in fury; abated by law.
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Princeton's WordNet
slake, abate, slackverb
make less active or intense
Synonyms:
slack off, slack, allay, slow down, slake, slow up, slow, quench, slacken, assuage, relax, die away, let up, slack upabate, let up, slack off, slack, die awayverb
become less in amount or intensity
"The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
Synonyms:
slack off, slack, ease off, die away, slow up, relax, slacken, slake, slow, slack up, slow down, let up, ease up
Editors Contribution
alleviate
etymologically, to alleviate is to lift a burden toward oneself, and so lighten it for the bearer; to relieve is to lift it back from the bearer, nearly or quite away; to remove is to take it away altogether. alleviate is thus less than relieve; relieve, ordinarily, less than remove. we alleviate, relieve or remove the trouble; we relieve, not alleviate, the sufferer. assuage is, by derivation, to sweeten; mitigate, to make mild; moderate, to bring within measure; abate, to beat down, and so make less. we abate a fever; lessen anxiety; moderate passions or desires; lighten burdens; mitigate or alleviate pain; reduce inflammation;[34] soften, a ssuage, or moderate grief; we lighten or mitigate punishments; we relieve any suffering of body or mind that admits of help, comfort, or remedy. alleviate has been often confused with allay. compare allay.
Submitted by santoshk.61727 on June 10, 2023
Dictionary of English Synonymes
abateverb
Synonyms:
lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, lower, relax, slackenabateverb
abateverb
Synonyms:
moderate, assuage, mitigate, soothe, soften, qualify, alleviate, mollify, allay, appease, pacify, compose, tranquillize, temper, attempor, quiet, quell, calm, dull, bluntabateverb
Synonyms:
(Law.) remove, suppress, terminate, put an end toabateverb
Synonyms:
decrease, diminish, lessen, subside, wane, ebb, intermit, slackenabateverb
Synonyms:
(Law.) be defeated, frustrated, or overthrown
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1104 | lower | |
| #1651 | remove | |
| #2036 | reduce | |
| #2901 | slow | |
| #4933 | decrease | |
| #5420 | moderate | |
| #5615 | decline | |
| #6781 | relax | |
| #10518 | terminate | |
| #16683 | suppress | |
| #17781 | slack | |
| #18285 | mitigate | |
| #21475 | diminish | |
| #25048 | lessen | |
| #30671 | ebb | |
| #40453 | quench | |
| #40873 | abate | |
| #55573 | subside | |
| #66494 | allay | |
| #89527 | assuage | |
| #141749 | slake | |
| #154483 | slacken |
How to use abate in a sentence?
Every dollar paid here is one dollar less for states like Connecticut trying to maximize money from Purdue and the Sacklers to abate the opioid epidemic, preserving Purdue's ability to continue selling opioids as a public benefit corporation is simply unacceptable. The timing of this agreement mere weeks before the election raises serious questions about whether DOJ political leadership was negotiating in the best interest of the American public.
I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or not do your duty to them in its utmost extent, but I would have you early prepare yourself for disappointments, which are heavy in proportion to their being surprising.
Those who emit the most are probably in the best position financially to abate those emissions, but we also need all hands on deck to deal with this problem, so we need to address low-income households.
There are some indications that headwinds to global growth may be beginning to abate.
We face a very serious level of threat that is complex to combat and unlikely to abate significantly for some time.
Translations for abate
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- هزم, نقص, ضعف, أضعفArabic
- verringern, mindern, einstellen, legen, nachlassen, zurückgehenGerman
- menguar, reducir, suprimir, abatir, humillarSpanish
- خرد کردنPersian
- alentaa, laantua, nöyryyttää, hellittää, raueta, lauhtua, vähentyä, alentua, vähentääFinnish
- réduire, ralentir, descendre, déduire, amoindrir, diminuer, retrancher, cesserFrench
- laghdú, laghdaighIrish
- रोक-थाम करना, न्यून होनाHindi
- csökkentHungarian
- ridurreItalian
- vernederen, verlagen, weglaten, neerslaan, aftrekken, verliezen, luwen, humiliëren, reduceren, verzwakken, uitsluiten, overslaan, verminderen, afnemenDutch
- slå ned, forminske, ydmyke, forringe, minke, avta, løyeNorwegian
- descer, deduzir, reduzir, declinar, barrar, excluir, diminuir, suprimir, embotar, abater, cessar, derrotarPortuguese
- уменьшиться, спадать, уменьшаться, уменьшать, спасть, уменьшитьRussian
- azaltmak, tenzil etmekTurkish
- کم کرناUrdu
- ngớt, bớt, thanh toán, nhụt, huỷ bỏ, ram, đỡ, đi, mất hết, thủ tiêu, hạVietnamese
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