Diminish in intensity
The crossword clue "Diminish in intensity" is answered by ABATE, a 5-letter entry. Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ABATE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ABATE answer page.
Used 14 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
Other clues for ABATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by ABATE, most used first.
- Lessen - used 171 times, most recently in 2026
- Let up - used 154 times, most recently in 2026
- Diminish - used 113 times, most recently in 2026
- Subside - used 104 times, most recently in 2026
- Die down - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
- Ease up - used 80 times, most recently in 2026
- Taper off - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
- Decrease - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
- Slacken - used 32 times, most recently in 2022
- Ease off - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Slack off - used 25 times, most recently in 2022
- Fall off - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Wane - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Wind down - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Drop off - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- Ease - used 18 times, most recently in 2022
- Lessen in intensity - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Moderate - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Ebb - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Let up, as a storm - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
- Peter out - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
- Become less intense - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Recede - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Lessen gradually - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Calm down - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Lessen, as the tide - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Lose intensity - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Tail off - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
- Decrease in intensity - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Reduce in intensity - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
- Dwindle - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Lessen, as a storm - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Reduce - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
- Go down - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Lose strength - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Quash, in law - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Diminish by degrees - ERODE, used 16 times
- Diminish gradually - TAPER, used 16 times
- Intensity - ARDOR, used 16 times
- Diminish - ERODE, used 11 times
- Diminish gradually - ERODE, used 8 times
- Unit of light intensity - LUMEN, used 8 times
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