Definition of Attenuate

to reduce to a weaker or smaller state

Examples of Attenuate in a sentence

Doctors claim taking the flu vaccine will attenuate the effects of the illness. 🔊

The doctor suggested I take acetaminophen to attenuate my fever.  🔊

Jack sleeps with his headphones on to attenuate the nightly noise that comes from his neighbor’s house. 🔊

In the classroom, educators often try to attenuate conflicts by separating the students.  🔊

Leaders from countries all over the world meet at the United Nations to attenuate hostility between nations.  🔊

Because the sunlight wakes me up every morning, I am going to hang dark curtains to attenuate the sun’s rays.  🔊

The government hopes the air strikes will attenuate the number of terrorists hiding in the mountains.  🔊

If we quarantine the patients who have the disease, it should attenuate the spread of the illness.  🔊

When the walls built to attenuate the force of the water collapsed, the city flooded.  🔊

In some of the northern states, hunters are paid to attenuate the number of deer to avoid overpopulation issues.  🔊

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