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How to pronounce abate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms die away, let up, slack, slack off
Type of fall, diminish, decrease, lessen
Derivation abatement


The storm abated.
Type Words
Synonyms slack, slake
Type of decrease, minify, lessen
Derivation abatable, abator

Examples of abate

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It is far riskier economically to ignore climate change than to act to abate it.
From the timesunion.com
For one, there is no mechanism to abate that $1.4 million back to the taxpayers.
From the dailyherald.com
Abate said it eventually would employ 400 people and be producing panels by 2013.
From the delawareonline.com
Abate said GE has achieved gains in efficiency at four times the industry rate.
From the timesunion.com
Abate said it would eventually employ 400 people and be producing panels by 2013.
From the kansas.com
For years, the group ABATE of New York has fought to roll back the state's law.
From the lohud.com
The treatments brought on debilitating fatigue, which did not abate after a year.
From the denverpost.com
It is anticipated water levels will begin to abate within the next several hours.
From the infowars.com
For example, Hippocrates may have prescribed willow tree leaves to abate fever.
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More examples
  • Slake: make less active or intense
  • Become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
  • (abatement) suspension: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  • (abatement) the act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement"
  • State motorcyclists' rights organizations (SMROs) exist in about 32 US states, 25 of which call themselves "ABATE of (state name)," the rest going by various other names. ...
  • Abate is a surname both of Ethiopian and Italian origin. People with it include the following: *Abiyote Abate (born 1980), Ethiopian long-distance runner *Atnafu Abate (late 1930s-1977), Ethiopian military officer and politician *Beniamino Abate (born 1962), Italian football (soccer) goalkeeper ...
  • Abated, an ancient technical term applied in masonry and metal work to those portions which are sunk beneath the surface, as in inscriptions where the ground is sunk round the letters so as to leave the letters or ornament in relief.
  • (Abatement (heraldry)) An abatement, in heraldry, is a modification of the shield or coat of arms that supposedly can be imposed by authority (in England supposedly by the Court of Chivalry) for misconduct. ...
  • Abatement. - Sir Thomas Browne; To bring down or reduce to a lower state, number, degree or estimation; To diminish in force or intensity; To deduct or omit; To bar or except; To bring someone down physically or mentally; To put an end to; to do away with; To be defeated or come to ...