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ALL meanings of abatable

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  • adjective abatable able to be abated 3
  • verb with object abatable to reduce in amount, degree, intensity, etc.; lessen; diminish: to abate a tax; to abate one's enthusiasm. 1
  • verb with object abatable Law. to put an end to or suppress (a nuisance). to suspend or extinguish (an action). to annul (a writ). 1
  • verb with object abatable to deduct or subtract: to abate part of the cost. 1
  • verb with object abatable to omit: to abate all mention of names. 1
  • verb with object abatable to remove, as in stone carving, or hammer down, as in metalwork, (a portion of a surface) in order to produce a figure or pattern in low relief. 1
  • verb without object abatable to diminish in intensity, violence, amount, etc.: The storm has abated. The pain in his shoulder finally abated. 1
  • verb without object abatable Law. to end; become null and void. 1
  • noun abatable Capable of being abated. (First attested from 1350 to 1470.). 1
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