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abated
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- interest in the author's home abated as her novels waned in popularity
Synonyms for abated
- declined,
- decreased,
- de-escalated,
- died (away or down or out),
- diminished,
- drained (away),
- dropped (off),
- dwindled,
- eased,
- ebbed,
- fell,
- fell away,
- lessened,
- let up,
- lowered,
- moderated,
- palled,
- phased down,
- ratcheted (down)
- also racheted (down),
- receded,
- relented,
- remitted,
- shrank
- (or shrunk),
- subsided,
- tapered,
- tapered off,
- waned
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- accumulated,
- ballooned,
- built,
- burgeoned
- (also bourgeoned),
- enlarged,
- escalated,
- expanded,
- grew,
- increased,
- intensified,
- mounted,
- mushroomed,
- picked up,
- rose,
- snowballed,
- soared,
- swelled,
- waxed
- a couple of aspirin should abate the pain
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- asked the appellate court to abate the lower court's ruling allowing the patient to be removed from life support
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- I managed to get the used car dealer to abate $200 from the sticker price
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- recurring problems could not abate her of her enthusiasm for the project
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“Abated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/abated. Accessed 23 May. 2022.
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