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abated

[uh-bey-tid] / əˈbeɪ tɪd /
ADJECTIVE
melted
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blended tempered thawed
STRONG
decreased deliquesced diminished disintegrated dwindled fused liquefied merged mollified molten vanished
WEAK
wasted away
ADJECTIVE
mended
Synonyms
STRONG
altered ameliorated bettered changed corrected cured doctored enhanced fixed fixed-up helped improved lessened rebuilt rectified refreshed refurbished regenerated regulated rejuvenated relieved remodeled renewed renovated reorganized repaired restored revived
WEAK
patched up remedied
Antonyms
STRONG
broken damaged kept
ADJECTIVE
reduced
Synonyms
STRONGEST
discounted lowered weakened
STRONG
cheapened debilitated deflated degraded demoted humbled leveled sunk
WEAK
marked down
Antonyms
WEAK
elevated enlarged heightened increased raised spread stretched
ADJECTIVE
relieved
Synonyms
STRONGEST
diminished
STRONG
allayed alleviated anesthetized assuaged eased lightened mitigated palliated salved softened soothed
Antonyms
WEAK
distraught sad worried

Example Sentences

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A note from Oxford Economics pointed to improving dynamics in March after winter storms abated.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The RSF has verbally accepted a Quad roadmap for peace beginning with a humanitarian truce, but neither side has formally responded and fighting has accelerated rather than abated.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

Developments in the region damped sentiment even as U.S. equities benefited as fears from artificial-intelligence disruption abated on Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

There was a palpable sense of relief that the threat of war had abated, at least temporarily.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

The mother-in-law problem is abated because the new daughter has a privacy she never had and a place of her own in which to build the structure of a family.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck