bated

verb

past tense of bate
as in removed

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  1. removed
  2. deducted
  3. abated
  4. subtracted
  5. disconnected
  6. detached
  7. separated
  8. unfastened
Verb
  • In 2025, the US State Department removed its multi-million-dollar bounties for several key Taliban leaders who had transitionally assumed top positions within the Afghan government.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • With Boone removed from the contest and the Blue Jays already up a run, Kirk spoiled Bradley Hanner’s major league debut with a solo homer in the eighth inning.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of removed
Verb
  • 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
  • Many capital expenditures can be immediately deducted from taxable income under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
    — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of deducted
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  • The wild swings of recent weeks, driven by waxing and waning hopes for a lasting boost to corporate profits from artificial intelligence, have abated in the past several days.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • And, at least for now, despite the threat of revolt, internal pressure within FIFA appears to have abated.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of abated
Verb
  • When those other detections are subtracted from the total count, the geoneutrino signal from the mantle should be all that’s left.
    — James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But New Delhi-Beijing tensions have subtracted rather than multiplied the economic gains.
    — Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of subtracted
Verb
  • There’s a version of this character that’s just the fool, and you’re disconnected from him, but Matthew takes you on a journey with this character.
    — Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • If a company’s systems are disconnected, AI may not deliver its full value.
    — John F. McQuillan, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of disconnected
Verb
  • The result is content that is fluent and consistent yet detached from the nuance that drives customer behavior.
    — Georg Ell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Five of the homes would be two-story houses, while the home closest to West 32nd Avenue would include an attached or detached accessory dwelling unit.
    — Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of detached
Verb
  • These elements are produced alongside californium-252 and need to be separated during processing.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The boy had lived with his grandparents for 12 years after his parents had separated, Atthapol said.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of separated
Verb
  • After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of unfastened
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