Abated
Decreased
Synonyms: Decreased, reduced, eased, alleviated, toned (down), qualified, feeble, weak, light, diminished, subdued, lessened, lightened, moderated, superficial, shallow, moderate, and soft.
Subsided
Synonyms: Subsided, diminished, eased, ebbed, shrunk, waned, lessened, dropped (off), palled, died (away or down or out), lowered, drained (away), evaporated, fell away, ratcheted (down), racheted (down), alleviated, contracted, melted (away), faded (away), relaxed, slowed (down), petered (out), gave out, sunk, deflated, decreased, fell, vanished, declined, shrank, receded, dwindled, relented, moderated, tapered, remitted, weakened, tapered off, let up, de-escalated, phased down, compressed, slackened, condensed, constricted, frittered (away), collapsed, tailed (off), flagged, sank, and caved (in).
Reduced
Synonyms: Reduced, diminished, lessened, lowered, minimized, downsized, dropped, cut, de-escalated, downscaled, shrank, contracted, trimmed, cut down, retrenched, truncated, clipped, cut back, abridged, modulated, docked, moderated, decreased, eased, depleted, dwindled, dented, slashed, knocked down, compressed, curtailed, shrunk, shortened, pared, condensed, constricted, pruned, cropped, whittled, modified, deflated, abbreviated, nicked, and qualified.
Abolished
Synonyms: Abolished, cancelled, avoided, vacated, dissolved, voided, dismissed, abrogated, negated, withdrew, struck down, rolled back, overruled, vetoed, retracted, rejected, did away with, recalled, forbade, eradicated, outlawed, aborted, disallowed, annihilated, liquidated, forbad, broke down, repealed, canceled, overturned, quashed, nullified, invalidated, rescinded, annulled, revoked, suspended, set aside, reversed, disannulled, eliminated, nulled, removed, overrode, countermanded, erased, prohibited, banned, enjoined, dropped, called off, called, threw out, and wrote off.
Subtracted
Synonyms: Subtracted, reduced, lessened, discounted, knocked off, curtailed, shortened, cut down, knocked down, pruned, truncated, cut back, abbreviated, cut, trimmed, deducted, decreased, diminished, dwindled, took off, lowered, slashed, downsized, pared, clipped, cropped, abridged, whittled, docked, and retrenched.
Stripped
Synonyms: Stripped, divested, bereaved, stript, defrauded, bankrupted, impoverished, deprived, bereft, denuded, cleaned (out), shortchanged, cheated, and disfurnished.
Example Sentences
The storm finally abated after hours of heavy rain.
His anger slowly abated with time.
Once the crowd abated, the police cleared the area.
Her fear abated when she heard good news.
The pain abated after taking medicine.
The noise from the construction site gradually abated.
As the winds abated, the rescue teams moved in.
His excitement never abated throughout the trip.
The floodwaters abated by the next morning.
Tension in the room abated after she apologized.
