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- noun Plural form of
abate . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
abate .
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Examples
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As soon as he feels that the heat has penetrated, he settles the foot, which is thus very hot, on the loins and spine of the patient, and when he presses down, the pain abates.
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While this may seem counterintuitive in the face of continued domestic violence worldwide, it is notable that in those societies or communities where intimate violence is stigmatized and reviled, the violence abates.
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The violence continues where it is ignored and abates where it is stigmatized.
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The Lord Chamberlain has closed all public entertainments, including the Southwark and Bartholomew fairs as well as both playhouses, until the plague abates.
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Yet after the hotel room, after the cups of soil-colored tea, after I remove the ropes from the ceiling above the bed, the ropes which were cemented to hold him there, after distraction in all forms abates, the soul in need of exorcism returns to the street that is Slowkowska Street.
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Cooling centers were set up in many cities to offer residents places to escape, and they were expected to remain open during the day until the heat abates.
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So what will we say after the current famine abates?
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Gradually the fear of being re-traumatized abates and the traumatic shards reintegrate and take their place as memories.
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Funds ditch their losers so ferociously this time of year, says Pankaj Patel , a quantitative analyst at Credit Suisse , that these stocks tend to recover in early January after the selling abates.
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The breeziness that plagued us yesterday abates as well, adding to the splendor.
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