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abate

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(Verb) to lessen or make less in degree, power, intensity, etc.
Usage: After three hours, the rain, finally, started to abate.

The protest abated when the chairman made an announcement.
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(Abbreviation) American Brotherhood Aimed Toward Education
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(Abbreviation) Association of Business Advocating Tariff Equity
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(Abbreviation) Association of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity
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(Abbreviation) American Bikers Aimed Toward Education
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(Abbreviation) American Bikers Aiming Toward Education
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(Verb) 1. to reduce in amount, degree, intensity; to lessen or diminish
2.Law: to stop or supress an action; to annul a writ
3.to deduct or subtract
4.to diminish in the intensity of the violence
5. to make null and void
Usage: To cancel the picnic would abate his enthusiasm but the intensity of the storm has not abated.
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(Abbreviation) American Brotherhood Against Totalitarian Enactments

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