abate (v.)

• ablate
• abolish
• abrade
• abrogate
• abstract
• allay
• alleviate
• allow
• alter
• anesthetize
• annihilate
• annul
• appease
• assuage
• attemper
• attenuate
• bate
• benumb
• blunt
• chasten
• circumscribe
• close
• condition
• constrain
• consume
• control
• corrode
• cramp
• cripple
• crumble
• curtail
• cushion
• cut
• damp
• dampen
• de-emphasize
• deaden
• debilitate
• decline
• decrease
• deduct
• deliquesce
• depreciate
• derogate
• detract
• devitalize
• dilute
• diminish
• discount
• disparage
• dive
• downplay
• drain
• drop
• dull
• dwindle
• ease
• ebb
• enervate
• enfeeble
• eradicate
• erode
• eviscerate
• exhaust
• extenuate
• exterminate
• extinguish
• extirpate
• extract
• fall
• foment
• hedge
• impair
• invalidate
• languish
• lay
• leach
• leaven
• lenify
• lessen
• lighten
• limit
• loose
• loosen
• lull
• mitigate
• moderate
• modify
• modulate
• mollify
• narrow
• negate
• nullify
• numb
• obtund
• pad
• palliate
• plummet
• plunge
• poultice
• purify
• qualify
• quash
• rattle
• rebate
• recede
• reduce
• refine
• refund
• relax
• relent
• relieve
• remit
• remove
• restrain
• restrict
• retrench
• sag
• salve
• sap
• season
• shake
• shorten
• shrink
• sink
• slack
• slacken
• slake
• smother
• sober
• soften
• soothe
• stifle
• subdue
• subside
• subtract
• suppress
• tame
• taper
• temper
• thin
• unbend
• unbrace
• undermine
• underplay
• undo
• unman
• unnerve
• unstrain
• unstring
• vitiate
• wane
• waste
• weaken
• wear
• weed
• withdraw