attenuate
Free trade should lead to the attenuation rather than the aggravation of inequalities.
In copper-wire cables, signal attenuation increases as a transmission signal travels longer distances.
Attenuation of the stress involved in surgery improves postoperative outcomes.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Becoming and making less strong
abate
abatement
adulterant
adulterate
adulterated
dull
ease
emasculation
enervate
enervating
enervatingly
fade
hedge
melt
relieve
totter
tottering
turn to jellyidiom
undimmed
unsubdued
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Becoming and making smaller or less
Thin and fine
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