Adjective abating has 1 sense
  1. abating, subsiding - decreasing in amount or intensity
    Antonym: increasing (indirect, via decreasing)
,Verb abate has 2 senses
  1. slake, abate, slack - make less active or intense
    --1 is one way to decrease, lessen, minify
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  2. abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away - become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
    --2 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
    Derived form: noun abatement1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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