Abate

[Sarah]

(a) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with;as, to abate a nuisance, to abate a writ. (b) (Eng. Law) To diminish;to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or inproportion, upon a deficiency of assets. To abate a tax, to remit iteither wholly or in part.

[Sarah]

(v) To obsess about the odd, and not care about the needed.

[Sarah]

one who has an aweful or amazing body.

[Lanell]

(of something unpleasant or severe) become less intense or widespread.