abate
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Learner's definition of ABATE
[no object]
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to become weaker
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to decrease in strength
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We waited for the wind/storm to abate.
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The excitement has abated.
[noncount]
[count]
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The violence has continued without abatement.
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a tax abatement [=an amount by which a tax is reduced]
