Definition of Abate

to lessen in degree or intensity

Examples of Abate in a sentence

I hope this medicine will abate the pain in my leg.  🔊

In time, his anger will abate, and he will forgive you.  🔊

With any luck, the storm will abate soon so we can still have our picnic.  🔊

The firemen sprayed water on the burning house to abate the structural damage.  🔊

After my massage, I felt my stress level abate a great deal.  🔊

Even though the unemployment rate continues to abate, voters are still unhappy with the president’s economic plan.  🔊

Because the paparazzi kept following the celebrity around town, the media coverage did not seem as though it would ever abate.  🔊

I married my husband because I know my love for him will never abate.  🔊

By adding an extra lane to the highway, we can abate the traffic congestion during rush hour.  🔊

The diet pill is supposed to abate my appetite.  🔊

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