bate

verb

Definition of batenext
as in to remove

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Recent Examples of bate 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 Lee’s Eve bates Athena up through a spiral parking garage tunnel and knocks her off her lightcycle. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 July 2025 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bate
  1. remove
  2. deduct
  3. abate
  4. subtract
  5. detach
  6. take off
  7. disconnect
  8. sever
Verb
  • Three of the reports stemmed from consumers swallowing the metal pieces and seeking medical treatment to remove them from their digestive tract or throat, the agency said.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • Residents objected to removing trees and other construction activities.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of remove
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  • The results include deducted one-off expenses for employee bonus provisions.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • The site does the advertising, booking and payment collection in exchange for a 30% fee that’s deducted from the teacher’s earnings.
    — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
Definition of deduct
Verb
  • The Weather Prediction Center said the high heat may finally begin to abate from west to east this weekend, with upper temperature limits possibly restricted by clouds and thunderstorms.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • In March, the Fort Worth City Council approved a request from Oncor to rezone roughly 5 acres at that site to add two transformers to the substation and a wall on the north side of the property to abate noise.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
Definition of abate
Verb
  • Attorney’s fees will also need to be subtracted from the settlement fund prior to payments being made.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 2 July 2026
  • Before Johnson and the Canucks could add Gallagher, Vancouver first had to go about subtracting from the lineup.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of subtract
Verb
  • Trump made no mention of Roosevelt having detached the retina of his left eye during one such sparring session.
    — Jack Dura, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • Trump made no mention of Roosevelt having detached the retina of his left eye during one such sparring session.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of detach
Verb
  • With two outs in the fifth, Luis Arraez took off for second and drew a throw from Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Andrea began to accompany her on the road as her career took off, while Scott stayed home with Austin.
    — Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Definition of take off
Verb
  • If your pet already has a microchip, make sure the information is up to date; sometimes, even pets with microchips can’t be identified because the phone number associated with them has been disconnected.
    — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Without considering objects, understanding history is incomplete, leaving people today disconnected from those who lived it.
    — Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of disconnect
Verb
  • The Declaration of Independence was about severing the chains of a British monarchy and creating a government powered by the people with checks and balances.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The Vatican said the consecrations, carried out without the pope’s approval and therefore in conflict with Catholic law, constituted a schismatic act that severed the society’s communion with Rome.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026
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