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
  • Other organizations abandoned associations with Hastert, and his portrait was removed from a hallway outside the House chamber.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Community organizations spent decades cultivating wealthy baby boomer donors, and so that connection fades with each generation removed from the original donors.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of remove
Verb
  • Window fees are deducted first, so members often make more from their window than from their stake.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The payouts combine unpaid overtime, reimbursement for housing illegally deducted from their pay and hefty damages personally sought by investigating Prosecutor Paolo Storari, Brigatti said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of deduct
Verb
  • If the histrionics coming out of Washington are any indication, the discord won’t abate soon.
    — Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Computing power is scarce and the shortage is not expected to abate anytime soon, which supports the value of high-performing GPUs.
    — Seema Mody, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of abate
Verb
  • Origination fees An origination fee is a one-time upfront charge that lenders usually subtract from the loan total to pay for administration and processing costs.
    — Dan Avery,Megan DeMatteo, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • For example, a family of four with $1,000 in net monthly income would have $300 subtracted from the new $1,023 maximum, leaving the household with $723 in monthly SNAP benefits.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of subtract
Verb
  • Woltanski suggests detaching the voucher from the state funding formula entirely.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In my tests, the speakers initially worked only when attached, even though the projector reported they were still connected after being physically detached.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of detach
Verb
  • Likewise, renewable energy in Texas didn’t take off until after the Legislature helped authorize the construction of transmission lines hundreds of miles from the windy western parts of the state to major cities such as Houston and Dallas.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • These two dudes hit me in the head and pointed a gun at me with a knife and then took off.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of take off
Verb
  • The team also demonstrated that the sheet could reconstruct its overall shape even after some fibers were cut or disconnected.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Institutions built solely around the traditional undergraduate experience risk becoming increasingly disconnected from the realities of today’s learners.
    — Irma Becerra, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of disconnect
Verb
  • The Hall of Famer’s ties with Chicago were once again severed, this time with his firing in 1993 following a 5-11 season.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Attorneys general in Florida, Iowa, Montana, and Nebraska claim TP-Link never truly severed ties with its Chinese business in 2024 after relocating its global HQ to Irvine, California.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of sever

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“Bate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bate. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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