attenuate
Lessen in intensity
Attenuate means to weaken, reduce, or make thinner.
Sound attenuates as it travels through walls.
A drug's effects attenuate over time.
In technical contexts, signals attenuate across distance, and viruses are attenuated for use in vaccines—weakened enough to trigger immunity without causing disease.
The intervening years had attenuated her grief.
To make smaller
- lessenReduce in degree
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- weakenReduce in strength
- reduceMake smaller in degree
shrink · minimize · curtail · moderate · temper · abate · mitigate · dampen
Make feeble or frail
- sapPlant circulatory fluid
- debilitateTo make weak
- undermineWeaken by stealth
- impairTo diminish or damage
enervate · devitalize · dilute · erode · deplete · exhaust · drain · vitiate
Small in diameter
- watered-downReduced in strength
- rarefyDecrease in density
- diffuseSpread thinly throughout
- disperseCause to spread apart
dissipate · scatter · spread · dilution · rarefied · sparse · wispy · ethereal
Wet slightly or diminish
- filterPorous separation device
- muffleDeaden or suppress sound
- muteWithout voice or sound
- suppressForcibly put an end to
reduce · absorb · block · shield · insulate · buffer · decibel · amplitude
Of small width
streamline · conical · pointed · tapered · spindle · gradual · progressive · wedge-shaped
diminish
To make smaller
reduce · shrink · minimize · curtail · moderate · temper · abate · mitigate · dampen · lower
enfeeble
Make feeble or frail
- sapPlant circulatory fluid
- debilitateTo make weak
- undermineWeaken by stealth
impair · enervate · devitalize · dilute · erode · deplete · exhaust · drain · vitiate · compromise
thin
Small in diameter
- watered-downReduced in strength
- rarefyDecrease in density
- diffuseSpread thinly throughout
disperse · dissipate · scatter · spread · dilution · rarefied · sparse · wispy · ethereal · insubstantial
dampen
Wet slightly or diminish
suppress · reduce · absorb · block · shield · insulate · buffer · decibel · amplitude · frequency
narrow
Of small width
elongate · streamline · conical · pointed · tapered · spindle · gradual · progressive · wedge-shaped · funnel
cordate
Heart-shaped, in botany
- truncateCut off abruptly
- lanceolateNarrow and tapering
- acuminateEnding in sharp point
linear · spatulate · ovate · oblong · elliptical · tapering · narrowing · petiole · lamina · venation
- diminishingabate, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb
- Reduceshrink, diminish, decrease, lessen, reduce
- reduce/lessenreduce, shrink, lessen, decrease, diminish
- softensoften, dampen, mute, muffle, tone down
- intensity changesincrease, decrease, intensify, amplify, diminish
- leaf traitscordate, lanceolate, ovate, serrate, dentate
- wave attenuationReduction in wave intensity
attenuated, attenuation, attenuates, attenuating, attenuator