become less intense or widespread
减轻,减弱
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the storm suddenly abated .暴风雨突然减弱了。
 
[with obj.]cause to become less intense
使减轻,使减弱
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nothing abated his crusading zeal .没有什么能减弱他奋斗的热情。
 
[with  obj.]
【律】 减小,减少,消除(妨碍行为)。
"Middle English (in the legal sense ‘put  a stop to (a nuisance) ’):  from Old French 
