📚 Abate, verb. 🔉 /əˈbeɪt/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (no object): (of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread. ❗️ Examples: 1. The storm suddenly abated. 2. November to April is the wet season but heavy tropical storms can abate as suddenly as they arrive. 3. The spring saw the quick end of major combat abroad, while the threat of a widespread SARS epidemic abated. 4. The challenges of rising health care costs and Medicare premiums will not suddenly abate. 5. The increase in September over the previous year was a dramatic 61.5% and there is no sign of this trend abating. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic