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attenuate in Dutch

attenuate in Dutch is verzwakken — attenuate means to make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.

attenuate in Dutch

verzwakken
verb
(transitive) To weaken.

What does "attenuate" mean?

  1. verb To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
  2. verb To make something thinner, for example by shaping, starving or decay.
    "Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded."
  3. verb To grow thinner or become less.
  4. verb To make a bacterium or virus less able to cause disease.
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attenuate in a sentence

  • Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.

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What is "attenuate" in Dutch?
"attenuate" in Dutch is verzwakken. attenuate means: To make something smaller, weaker or less in amount.
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