'abate' definitions:
Definition of 'abate'
From: WordNet
Synonyms of 'abate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablate,
- abolish,
- abrade,
- abrogate,
- abstract,
- adjust to,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- allow,
- alter,
- anesthetize,
- annihilate,
- annul,
- appease,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- attenuate,
- bank the fire,
- bate,
- be eaten away,
- benumb,
- blot out,
- blunt,
- box in,
- charge off,
- chasten,
- circumscribe,
- close,
- condition,
- constrain,
- consume,
- consume away,
- control,
- corrode,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- crumble,
- curtail,
- cushion,
- cut,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deaden the pain,
- debilitate,
- decline,
- decrease,
- deduct,
- deliquesce,
- depreciate,
- derogate,
- detract,
- devitalize,
- die away,
- die down,
- dilute,
- diminish,
- discount,
- disparage,
- dive,
- downplay,
- drain,
- drop,
- drop off,
- dull,
- dwindle,
- ease,
- ease matters,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- eat away,
- ebb,
- enervate,
- enfeeble,
- eradicate,
- erode,
- eviscerate,
- exhaust,
- extenuate,
- exterminate,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- extract,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- file away,
- foment,
- give relief,
- gruel,
- hedge,
- hedge about,
- impair,
- invalidate,
- keep within bounds,
- kick back,
- languish,
- lay,
- lay low,
- leach,
- leaven,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- let down,
- let up,
- lighten,
- limit,
- loose,
- loosen,
- lull,
- make allowance,
- melt away,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- mollify,
- narrow,
- negate,
- nullify,
- numb,
- obtund,
- pad,
- palliate,
- play down,
- plummet,
- plunge,
- poultice,
- pour balm into,
- pour oil on,
- purify,
- qualify,
- quash,
- rattle,
- rebate,
- recede,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- refine,
- refund,
- regulate by,
- relax,
- relent,
- relieve,
- remit,
- remove,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- retrench,
- root out,
- rub away,
- run its course,
- run low,
- sag,
- salve,
- sap,
- season,
- set conditions,
- set limits,
- shake,
- shake up,
- shorten,
- shrink,
- sink,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slow down,
- smother,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- soften up,
- soothe,
- stifle,
- stupe,
- subduct,
- subdue,
- subside,
- subtract,
- suppress,
- tail off,
- take a premium,
- take away,
- take from,
- take off,
- tame,
- taper,
- taper off,
- temper,
- thin,
- thin out,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unbend,
- unbrace,
- undermine,
- underplay,
- undo,
- unman,
- unnerve,
- unstrain,
- unstrengthen,
- unstring,
- vitiate,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- water down,
- weaken,
- wear,
- wear away,
- weed,
- wipe out,
- withdraw,
- write off