Make less intense
The crossword clue "Make less intense" is answered by BATE, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BATE
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BATE answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 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.
- TONEDOWN (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for BATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by BATE, most used first.
- Diminish - used 50 times, most recently in 2023
- Restrain - used 33 times, most recently in 2023
- Moderate - used 31 times, most recently in 2014
- Lessen - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- Hold back, as breath - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Decrease - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Subside - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
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.
- Make over - REDO, used 404 times
- Make angry - RILE, used 146 times
- Make eyes at - OGLE, used 142 times
- Make simpler - EASE, used 136 times
- Make, as money - EARN, used 86 times
- Make well - HEAL, used 83 times
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