abate

/ə'beɪt/ verb

5 letters2 syllables7 points in Scrabble®8 points in WWF®

DEFINITIONS2

VERB

1

Become less in amount or intensity.

“The storm abated”

2

Make less active or intense.

WORD FORMS

Related formabatement

Related formabatable

Related formabator

GAME SCORES

Scrabble®7 points

Words With Friends®8 points

Double word14 points

Triple word21 points

GOOD TO KNOW

Pig Latinabateway

Starts & ends withA … E

Syllablesa · bate

SYNONYMS & RELATED8

die away let up slack slack off abatement slake abatable abator

SAME LETTERS, DIFFERENT WORDS

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