bate

verb

Definition of batenext
as in to remove

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Recent Examples of bate Lee’s Eve bates Athena up through a spiral parking garage tunnel and knocks her off her lightcycle. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 July 2025 Who’d have thought everyone would be waiting, breath bated, for the rerelease of an album that came out nine years ago to middling reviews? — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 May 2025 Every time her vocals seamlessly shifted from a keen voice, sharp as a blade, to a beautiful singing voice, the audience broke out in goose bumps, breath bated. — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2024 During that fleeting wait, bated breath and a thumping heartbeat are symptoms of a process that happens in the brain. — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2024 Meckler will make his major league debut Monday night at Oracle Park, bating second and starting in center field against the Tampa Bay Rays. — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023 Others will have a day off work and maybe do something meaningful to honor Black people—but our breath is not bated. — Time, 19 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bate
  1. remove
  2. deduct
  3. abate
  4. subtract
  5. detach
  6. take off
  7. disconnect
  8. sever
Verb
  • When the researchers removed the neurons, the heart stopped functioning completely.
    — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The measure effectively cut off government funding for shrines and removed Shinto practices and teachings from public institutions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of remove
Verb
  • That’s after excluding wealth from the top 1% of households, subtracting debts and other liabilities, as well as deducting retirement spending, charitable donations, taxes and fees.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The rebates are given at dealerships and deducted from the car’s purchase price on the day of sale.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of deduct
Verb
  • Within days of receiving antibiotics, her symptoms started to abate.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Oil futures are still climbing, demonstrating that the supply crunch wrought by the closure of the critical waterway is not expected to abate soon.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of abate
Verb
  • The form reports gross payments, not your profit, so business owners generally need to subtract deductible business expenses to determine taxable income.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026
  • That’s after excluding wealth from the top 1% of households, subtracting debts and other liabilities, as well as deducting retirement spending, charitable donations, taxes and fees.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of subtract
Verb
  • Really, what writer, no matter how detached from their past, could resist that kind of sweet talk?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • These float-bots can assemble, detach, and reassemble themselves into platforms of varying shapes like Lego or the interchangeable world of the Micronauts.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of detach
Verb
  • An American Airline Boeing 737 hit birds while taking off from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Monday, leading to flames shooting from an engine and an emergency landing.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Both took off with the ball in the air, and after it was caught Sogard was doubled off first for the third out of the inning.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of take off
Verb
  • Unlike a normal brake change, there’s no need to disconnect a caliper.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
  • And so, for instance, there’s surveys showing that Gen Z are the generation most likely to report disconnecting from their digital devices.
    — Jinae West, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of disconnect
Verb
  • Dam structures are known to sever historical migration corridors, trapping species between feeding grounds and spawning waters.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Three star directors have severed ties with White Cube’s New York gallery, Artnet News reports.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 7 Aug. 2026
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