ATTENUATED Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in elongated

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verb

past tense of attenuate

as in reduced

to diminish the price or value of an investment attenuated by significant inflation over the years

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South of those rivers, the Everglades extends from coast to coast, forming a shallow 60-mile-wide and 100-mile-long attenuated river running into Florida Bay. —

Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024 Like live attenuated vaccines, this process fosters the development of strong immune responses that may build better protection. —

David Verhoeven, The Conversation, 17 May 2023 Those vaccine drops contain an attenuated version of the virus. —

Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 25 July 2022 In contrast to live attenuated viruses, mRNA vaccines cannot revert to a pathogenic form or mix with circulating pathogens. —

David Verhoeven, The Conversation, 17 May 2023 See all Example Sentences for attenuated

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