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Verb abate has 2 senses
- slake, abate, slack - make less active or intense
--1 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away - become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
--2 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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