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Becoming less intense
Answer for the clue "Becoming less intense ", 7 letters:
abating
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Word definitions for abating in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj : decreasing in amount or intensity [syn: subsiding ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context rhetoric English) anesis. vb. (present participle of abate English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abate \A*bate"\ ([.a]*b[=a]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Abated , p. pr. & vb. n. Abating .] [OF. abatre to beat down, F. abattre, LL. abatere; ab or ad + batere, battere (popular form for L. batuere to beat). Cf. Bate , Batter .] To beat down; to overthrow. ...
Usage examples of abating.
But for all the dangers and vicissitudes they underwent, she and her crew might have borne charmed lives up to within an hour of the abating of the hurricane.
The rain was abating, the dawn's steel smear pushing through the heavy clouds to the east, the wind falling off into fitful gusts.