Clues for the word "ABATE"
We've had 95 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 800 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on February 10, 2026.
Definition of abate
- v. t. - To beat down; to overthrow.
- v. t. - To bring down or reduce from a higher to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short; as, to abate a demand; to abate pride, zeal, hope.
- v. t. - To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price.
- v. t. - To blunt.
- v. t. - To reduce in estimation; to deprive.
- v. t. - To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with; as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ.
- v. t. - To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets.
- v. t. - To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; as, pain abates, a storm abates.
- v. t. - To be defeated, or come to naught; to fall through; to fail; as, a writ abates.
- n. - Abatement.
Referring Clues
- Diminish in intensity
- Drop off
- Diminish
- Decrease
- Die down
- Moderate
- Lessen
- Let up
- Ease off
- Fall off
- Taper off
- Ease
- Go down
- Weaken
- Slacken
- Tail off
- Wane
- Stem
- Subside
- Peter out
- Lessen, as a storm
- Slack off
- Reduce
- Ease up
- Become less intense
- Ebb
- Lose intensity
- Wind down
- Lull
- Settle down
- Cool
- Quiet down
- Decrease in strength
- Dwindle
- Recede
- Fall back
- Slow
- Slacken off
- Quash, in law
- Cut down
- Grow less
- Decrease in intensity
- Let up, as a storm
- Back off
- Fade away
- Reduce in intensity
- End, as a nuisance
- Calm down
- Die away
- Lower
- Reduce, as taxes
- Diminish, as a nuisance
- Tone down
- Fall
- Diminish in strength
- Slacken up
- Ebb away
- Lose steam
- Cut back
- Taper off, as wind
- Lessen in intensity
- Lose strength, as a storm
- Drop in intensity
- Decline
- Lessen in strength
- Slow down
- Relent
- Ease off, as rain
- Make or become less
- Lessen - cease
- Routed, beat a retreat
- Diminish or die down
- Diminish, mitigate
- Decline and Fall?
- A temptation said to diminish
- Let up, as rain
- Moderate a beta version
- Subside, as a storm
- Gradually lessen
- Make less intense
- Calm down a striker beginning to explode
- Fall off in intensity
- Lessen, as the tide
- Lessen gradually
- Deintensify
- Make or become less, subside
- Diminish what the seaman had to eat
- Decline slowly
- Snowball's opposite
- Diminish; slacken
- Fade slowly
- Die down, as a storm
- Ease up, as a storm
- Lose strength
- Go from worse to bad, say
Last Seen In
- New York Times - February 10, 2026
- Daily American - February 10, 2026
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 01, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - January 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 17, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 11, 2026
- Mirror Mini - December 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 03, 2025
- LA Times - November 24, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 22, 2025
- Daily American - November 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 31, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 25, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - October 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - October 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 12, 2025
- New York Times - October 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 24, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - September 13, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 30, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 30, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 29, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - August 23, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 19, 2025
- Daily American - August 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 03, 2025
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