abate
verb
[ əˈbeɪt ]
• (of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread.
• "the storm suddenly abated"
Similar:
subside,
die down/away/out,
drop off/away,
lessen,
ease (off),
let up,
decrease,
diminish,
moderate,
decline,
fade,
dwindle,
slacken,
recede,
cool off,
tail off,
peter out,
taper off,
wane,
ebb,
relent,
desist,
weaken,
become weaker,
come to an end,
remit,
Origin:
Middle English (in the legal sense): from Old French abatre ‘to fell’, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + batre ‘to beat’ (from Latin battere, battuere ‘to beat’).
