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abate

(/@/'b/eI/t )

make less active or intense(verb.change)

Synonym:
slack, slake

source: wordnet30
become less in amount or intensity(verb.change)

Example:
The storm abated.

Synonym:
die away, let up, slack, slack off

source: wordnet30
To beat down; to overthrow.(verb)

source: webster1913
To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.(verb)

source: webster1913

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