abate
Law.
to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance).
to suspend or extinguish (an action).
to annul (a writ).
to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost.
to omit: to abate all mention of names.
to remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down, as in metalwork, (a portion of a surface) in order to produce a figure or pattern in low relief.
to diminish in intensity, violence, amount, etc.: The storm has abated.The pain in his shoulder finally abated.
Law. to end; become null and void.
Origin of abate
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Other words from abate
- a·bat·a·ble, adjective
- a·bat·er; Law. a·ba·tor, noun
- un·a·bat·a·ble, adjective
- un·a·bat·ing, adjective
- un·a·bat·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use abate in a sentence
Cruz’s focus on wringing attention out of an attention-choked Washington system hasn’t abated during his second term.
As Ted Cruz has learned, once you step into the spotlight, you can’t easily step out | Philip Bump | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostBonds may now be a bit oversold and because of that, I expect the sell-off will abate in the coming week.
Mortgage rates shoot up to highest levels since mid-November | Kathy Orton | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostInternational denunciation of American racial practices abated substantially after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
For generations, African Americans have led global antiracist movements | Brenda Plummer | February 18, 2021 | Washington PostOther evidence in the case showed that at the same time that McKinsey was working with opioid companies to boost their sales, it was advising governments and nonprofit groups on how to abate the crisis.
McKinsey, adviser to businesses around the world, agrees to pay $573.9 million to settle charges for its role in opioid epidemic | Peter Whoriskey, Christopher Rowland | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostThe Heat is the first NBA team to try this approach to keeping its arena as safe as it can amid a pandemic that has yet to abate and probably won’t for at least several more months.
Miami Heat to use coronavirus-sniffing dogs to allow some fans back into arena | Des Bieler | January 22, 2021 | Washington Post
And still the fire-deluge abates not: even women are firing, and Turks; at least one woman (with her sweetheart), and one Turk.
A Wanderer in Paris | E. V. LucasThe pulse itself abates its fevered beat, and the heart is quieted down into harmony with the gentler pulse of nature.
The Hearth-Stone | Samuel OsgoodThey turn to the land, the old man goes on board, and the storm abates.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre SturlesonAnd abates nothing of heart or hope;—praying withal, immensely, she and her People, according to the mode they have.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleStop here until the violence of your fever abates, and then you can come up with Dunbar's rear division.
From Farm House to the White House | William M. Thayer
British Dictionary definitions for abate
/ (əˈbeɪt) /
to make or become less in amount, intensity, degree, etc: the storm has abated
(tr) law
to remove, suppress, or terminate (a nuisance)
to suspend or extinguish (a claim or action)
to annul (a writ)
(intr) law (of a writ, legal action, etc) to become null and void
(tr) to subtract or deduct, as part of a price
Origin of abate
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