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bated

verb

past tense of bate
as in removed

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  1. removed
  2. deducted
  3. abated
  4. subtracted
  5. disconnected
  6. detached
  7. separated
  8. unfastened
Verb
  • Abascal was removed from the building on a stretcher and placed in an ambulance before she was driven away from the neighborhood.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Since production has never been transparent about exactly what went down during her surgery, Kari has only her blurry memory combined with the accounts of cameramen who were in the operating room documenting it — until they were removed.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of removed
Verb
  • Whatever proceeds Fairlane mall fetches at next month's auction/sale are to be deducted from the $35 million judgement against Kohan and the LLC.
    — JC Reindl, Freep.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • And when the money is spent, it’s deducted from your available funds.
    — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of deducted
Verb
  • Green’s ability to connect with people hasn’t abated with his success.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The pressure appears to have abated a little, though Paramount is still eager to make a deal.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of abated
Verb
  • For example, a family of four with $1,000 in net monthly income would have $300 subtracted from the new $1,023 maximum, leaving the household with $723 in monthly SNAP benefits.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The amount is subtracted from their taxable estate, and the assets go to the charity — free of the income taxes that would otherwise be paid by the individual who inherits the estate.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of subtracted
Verb
  • If the two are disconnected, the problem is not individual performance.
    — Melanie Subin, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Despite such justifications, these cuts, closures and layoffs have caused morale to plummet at Goddard, some current workers say, and have left management increasingly disconnected from the research center’s day-to-day operations.
    — Eric Niiler, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of disconnected
Verb
  • The bay facing the western shore of Newfoundland is the mouth—the gaping estuary—of the Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland on the chart detached and apparently drifting out to sea.
    — Paul Theroux, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Liu’s Met commission, with its disembodied hands, its severing and suturing of the organic and the mechanical, may be a metaphor for a civilization detached from its foundations and coming to its end.
    — Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of detached
Verb
  • The new stops designed to accommodate bikes and buses are about five inches off the ground and separated from the road by a curb.
    — Barbara Kingsley-Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • At temperate northern latitudes, consecutive moonrises around Harvest Moon can therefore be separated by much less than the usual 50 minutes, and at some northern locations by only a few minutes.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of separated
Verb
  • After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of unfastened
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“Bated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bated. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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