The storm didn't abate for several hours.
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Abate
/əˈbeɪt/
Synonyms for "abate" (268 found)
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Closest matches (54)
Strong matches (80)
deductdeliquescedepreciatederogatedetractdevitalizedie awaydie downdilutediminishdiscountdisparagedivedownplaydraindropdrop offdulldwindleease
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ease mattersease offease upeat awayebbenervateenfeebleeradicateerodeeviscerateexhaustextenuateexterminateextinguishextirpateextractfadefallfall awayfall offfile awayflagfomentgive reliefgruelhedgehedge aboutimpairinvalidatekeep within boundskick backlanguishlaylay lowleachleavenlenifylessenlet downlet uplightenlimitlooseloosenlullmake allowancemelt away
Related words (134)
mitigatemoderatemodifymodulatemollifymurdernarrownegatenullifynumbobtundpadpalepalliatepeter outplay downplummetplungepoulticepour balm into
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pour oil onpurifyqualifyquashquietrattlerebaterecedereducereduce the temperaturerefinerefundregulateregulate byrelaxrelentrelieveremitremoverestrainrestrictretrenchroot outrub awayrun its courserun lowsagsalvesapseasonset conditionsset limitsshakeshake upshaveshortenshrinksinkslackslack offslack upslackenslakeslow downsmothersobersober downsoftensoften upsoothestiflestupesubductsubduesubsidesubtractsuppresstail offtake a premiumtake awaytake fromtake offtake the edge offtametapertaper offtemperthinthin outtone downtune downunbendunbraceundermineunderplayundounmanunnerveunstrainunstrengthenunstringuprootvitiatewanewastewaste awaywater downweakenwearwear awayweedwipe outwithdrawwrite off
Verb(16 words)
Noun(4 words)
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More general
8 entriesMore specific
6 entriesCollocations
5 entriesemissions abatementnoise abatementnuisance abatementrisk abatementtax abatement
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 9 languages.
Czech
1 entries- zrušit verb (to make (a writ or other legal document) void — see also nullify)
Finnish
4 entries- alentaa verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
- alentua verb ((intransitive) to decrease in amount or size)
- halventaa verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
- halventua verb ((intransitive) to decrease in amount or size)
French
1 entries- rabattre verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
German
4 entries- herabsetzen verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
- verkleinern verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
- vermindern verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
- verringern verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
Irish
1 entries- laghdaigh verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
Italian
4 entries- annullare verb (to make (a writ or other legal document) void — see also nullify)
- calare verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
- eliminare verb (to make (a writ or other legal document) void — see also nullify)
- estinguere verb (to make (a writ or other legal document) void — see also nullify)
Manx
2 entries- lhaggee verb (to make (a writ or other legal document) void — see also nullify)
- meeinee verb (to make (a writ or other legal document) void — see also nullify)
Spanish
1 entries- reducir verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
Swedish
4 entries- avta verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
- lägga sig verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
- minska verb (to reduce (something) in amount or size)
- upphäva verb (to make (a writ or other legal document) void — see also nullify)
Sample sentences
63 total sentences available.
This action would not have been sufficient to abate the odor nuisance.
Source: tatoeba (4042431)
The Tyrians, yielding to the god, abate / their fierceness. Dido, more than all the rest, / warms to her Phrygian friends, and wears a kindly breast.
Source: tatoeba (6786775)
The outcry would not abate.
Source: tatoeba (7075759)
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