Both Uses
abate
in
Flags of Our Fathers
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- Coating the rock were layers of volcanic dust that spiraled up in the whipping wind that never seemed to abate, getting in the boys' eyes, flavoring their food.†
Chpt 5. *
- It did not abate throughout the night.†
Chpt 8.
Definitions:
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(1)
(abate) to become less in amount or intensity
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)