attenuate
verb (used with object)
to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value.
attenuating
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present participleof attenuate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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What he finds is a conflict pitting human progress, and its attenuating battle for power and domination, against nature.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Far from attacking the root causes of global-warming, activists said, recourse to la clim' was merely attenuating the effects of global-warming.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
"Taken together, our findings reveal the broad influence retinoic acid has in attenuating vitally important immune responses to cancer," said Kang.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026
Williams’s affecting intensity gives the movie regular shocking jolts of passion, attenuating its otherwise overly easy, overly familiar flow.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
This suggested that phosphorus would be a better carrier of therapeutic radiation than radio-sodium, since the latter distributes itself all through the body as salt, attenuating its effect.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
