bate

verb

Definition of batenext
as in to remove

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Recent Examples of bate Lee’s Eve bates Athena up through a spiral parking garage tunnel and knocks her off her lightcycle. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 July 2025 Who’d have thought everyone would be waiting, breath bated, for the rerelease of an album that came out nine years ago to middling reviews? — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 May 2025 Every time her vocals seamlessly shifted from a keen voice, sharp as a blade, to a beautiful singing voice, the audience broke out in goose bumps, breath bated. — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024 During that fleeting wait, bated breath and a thumping heartbeat are symptoms of a process that happens in the brain. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2024 Meckler will make his major league debut Monday night at Oracle Park, bating second and starting in center field against the Tampa Bay Rays. — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023 Others will have a day off work and maybe do something meaningful to honor Black people—but our breath is not bated. — Time, 19 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bate
  1. remove
  2. deduct
  3. abate
  4. subtract
  5. detach
  6. take off
  7. disconnect
  8. sever
Verb
  • The directives also require the companies to remove, within 45 days, the millions of pounds of rotting food inside the warehouse.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
  • To manage operational heat, the hardware uses a thermal strategy that entirely removes mechanical components like fans or liquid pumps.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
Definition of remove
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  • There is history here too, since Dean also worked Garbrandt’s March win over Xiao Long, deducting points twice for low blows.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
  • The results include deducted one-off expenses for employee bonus provisions.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Definition of deduct
Verb
  • Meanwhile, Israeli attacks, though lessened, have not fully abated, with near-daily strikes killing at least 1,072 people since the ceasefire took effect.
    — Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • The Iran war sparked big worry in March, but that seems to have abated.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Definition of abate
Verb
  • Also, if a player in the top-10 rounds does not sign, his pick’s value is subtracted from the team’s bonus pool total.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026
  • Attorney’s fees will also need to be subtracted from the settlement fund prior to payments being made.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 2 July 2026
Definition of subtract
Verb
  • The team also solved issues caused by strong magnetic attraction, enabling robots to detach reliably when commanded.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
  • Valya volunteers to detach Venera 7’s bathysphere, knowing that he’ll be pulled toward Venus, and will certainly die there.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026
Definition of detach
Verb
  • After the bison took off, people rushed over to McDaniel, who was in a lot of pain, MacLeod told Cowboy State Daily.
    — Sara Smart, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
  • Alan Grant taking off his dark glasses to see things has become a meme.
    — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 13 July 2026
Definition of take off
Verb
  • If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026
  • In laboratory tests, fleets of four and eight robots autonomously assembled into target structures, disconnected, reassembled into new shapes, and operated as a single rigid vessel capable of collective movement.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026
Definition of disconnect
Verb
  • Laurino told us the program hinged on a consent form the mothers were supposed to sign severing all rights to the child.
    — Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • The appeal stems from 2023 when a trial judge ruled that Heidelberg’s predecessor, Hanson Quarry had wrongfully severed the village’s storm sewer line in 1992.
    — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
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