# abate

- **Language:** English
- **Level:** C2 (Proficient)
- **Part of speech:** verb
- **Pronunciation:** /əˈbeɪt/
- **English:** to become less strong or severe
- **Persian:** فروکش کردن

## Example

> The storm finally began to abate.
> طوفان بالاخره شروع به فروکش کردن کرد.

## Word forms

- noun: abatement

## Synonyms

subside, ease

## Opposites

intensify

## Common phrases

- the storm abates
- show no sign of abating
- abate slowly

## Related words

- [ameliorate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/ameliorate): to make a bad situation better (C2)
- [immutable](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/immutable): never changing or impossible to change (C2)
- [deteriorate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/deteriorate): to become worse (C1)
- [diminish](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/diminish): to become smaller or less important (C1)
- [exacerbate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/exacerbate): to make a bad situation worse (C1)
- [fluctuate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/fluctuate): to change often, rising and falling (C1)
- [mitigate](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/mitigate): to make something less harmful or serious (C1)
- [obsolete](https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/obsolete): no longer used because something newer exists (C1)

Source: https://langai.darkube.ir/vocabulary/english/abate