abate

Definitions

• (transitive) To put an end to; to cause to cease.
• (intransitive) To become null and void.
• (transitive) To nullify; make void.
• (transitive) To humble; to lower in status; to bring someone down physically or mentally.
• (intransitive) To be humbled; to be brought down physically or mentally.
• (transitive) To curtail; to deprive.
• (transitive) To reduce in amount, size, or value.
• (intransitive) To decrease in size, value, or amount.
• (transitive) To moderate; to lessen in force, intensity, to subside.
• (intransitive) To decrease in intensity or force; to subside.
• (transitive) To deduct or omit.
• (transitive) To bar or except.
• (transitive) To cut away or hammer down, in such a way as to leave a figure in relief, as a sculpture, or in metalwork.
• (transitive) To dull the edge or point of; to blunt.
• (transitive) To destroy, or level to the ground.