abate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

abate [abate abates abated abating] BrE [əˈbeɪt] NAmE [əˈbeɪt] verb intransitive, transitive (formal)
to become less strong; to make sth less strong
•The storm showed no signs of abating.
•They waited for the crowd's fury to abate.
•~ sth Steps are to be taken to abate pollution.
Derived Word: ↑abatement
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Word Origin:
Middle English (in the legal sense): from Old French abatre ‘to fell’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + batre ‘to beat’ (from Latin battere, battuere ‘to beat’).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  let up, slack off, slack, die away, slake