attenuate
The lawyer accepted that his client has several connections to the terrorist, but he described them as attenuated.
An attenuated market reduced private investor interest in our company.
A vaccine can be made with an attenuated virus - a live virus that has been modified to delete the serious symptoms of the illness.
The fibres had become attenuated.
The racing cyclists have a lithe, attenuated look.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Becoming and making smaller or less
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attenuate
attenuating
attenuation
axe
compress
contraction
dwindling
ease
ease someone's mindidiom
ease up/off
fall away
halve
reduce
reducible
reduction
resize
retreat
trough
tumble
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