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abate 
  vi 
[storm, noise, violence] 
s'apaiser, se calmer 
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.   
a wave of violence that shows no sign of abating   
[fever, symptoms] s'apaiser, se calmer 
with malaria, these symptoms may abate, then recur