Antonyms for abate
əˈbeɪtabate

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1. abate

   The storm, the fever, the pain abates. Interest declines. Misfortunes may be mitigated, desires moderated, intense anger abated, population decreased, taxes reduced. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy, suppress a rebellion. See ALLEVIATE.

   Antonyms:
   aggravate, amplify, continue, develop, enhance, enlarge, extend, foment, increase, magnify, rage, raise, revive

   Synonyms:
   decline, decrease, diminish, ebb, lessen, lower, mitigate, moderate, reduce, subside

   Preposition:
   Abate in fury; abated by law.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. abate

   Antonyms:
   prolong, continue, revive, develop, increase, aggravate, magnify, brew, ferment, rage, extend, enlarge, amplify, raise, enhance

   Synonyms:
   terminate, remove, suppress, lower, reduce, mitigate, diminish, moderate, lessen, subside, decrease

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1. slake, abate, slackverb

   make less active or intense

   Synonyms:
   slack off, slack, allay, slow down, slake, slow up, slow, quench, slacken, assuage, relax, die away, let up, slack up

2. abate, let up, slack off, slack, die awayverb

   become less in amount or intensity

   "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

   Synonyms:
   slack off, slack, ease off, die away, slow up, relax, slacken, slake, slow, slack up, slow down, let up, ease up

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. abateverb

   Antonyms:
   increase

   Synonyms:
   moderate, assuage, subside, diminish, intermit

How to use abate in a sentence?

1. Richard Clarida:

   There are some indications that headwinds to global growth may be beginning to abate.

2. Kristen Clarke:

   We've also received allegations that Alabama Department of Public Health has failed to carry out their responsibilities to abate raw sewage conditions, thereby placing Black residents of Lowndes County at higher risk for disease, based on our careful and thorough review of those allegations and an extensive review of publicly available information, we find significant justification to open this investigation, now.

3. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu:

   I wish you would moderate that fondness you have for your children. I do not mean you should abate any part of your care, or not do your duty to them in its utmost extent, but I would have you early prepare yourself for disappointments, which are heavy in proportion to their being surprising.

4. Benjamin Goldstein:

   Those who emit the most are probably in the best position financially to abate those emissions, but we also need all hands on deck to deal with this problem, so we need to address low-income households.

5. Mycle Schneider:

   To protect the climate, we must abate the most carbon at the least cost and in the least time.

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