ATTENUATE Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

ə-ˈten-yə-ˌwāt

Definition of attenuate

as in to reduce

to diminish the price or value of an investment attenuated by significant inflation over the years

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adjective

as in attenuated

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This would only happen if there were an atmosphere to attenuate or refract the starlight. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 5 May 2026 As order and corruption cease, much of the above issue will attenuate. — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026 The design works by tracking how red, green, and blue light attenuate differently as the sensor bends. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026 Even as the Iranians’ capabilities are being attenuated, their intent to attack, if anything, is growing stronger. — Colin P. Clarke, The Atlantic, 7 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for attenuate

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The South in particular faces higher rates of obesity and other health challenges that have further reduced the pool of eligible recruits and contributed to higher injury rates during basic training, according to service data.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
The historic supply shock has also been softened by other factors, including alternative export routes out of the Gulf, China reducing its oil imports, the United States increasing production and drawdowns from global oil stockpiles.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

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But Albert Sabin and Koprowski were both — separately — trying to develop oral polio vaccines using live attenuated or weakened viruses.

— Helen Branswell, STAT, 2 Mar. 2026
Dust icily exposes how character can evaporate in the crucible of greed, but the plodding pace makes this ethical exercise feel attenuated and flat by the time the climax rolls around.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026

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