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attenuate

/əˈtenjueɪt/verb

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क्षीण करना, कम करना, घटाना

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verbattenuated, attenuating
  1. 1

    [T] formal

    to make something weaker or less effective

    क्षीण करना, कम करना, घटाना

    • The thick walls attenuate the noise of the traffic.
    • The vaccine contains an attenuated form of the virus.

    Synonyms weaken reduce lessen diminish dilute

    Opposite strengthen intensify increase amplify

  2. 2

    [T] technical

    to make something thin or thinner

    पतला करना

    • The long illness had attenuated his frame.

    Synonyms thin narrow

    Opposite thicken widen

◇Word family
attenuation nounattenuated adjective
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

weaken reduce lessen diminish dilute thin narrow

Antonyms

strengthen intensify increase amplify thicken widen

§Grammar and usage

Usage: In medicine, an attenuated vaccine contains a weakened form of a virus or bacterium that can no longer cause serious disease.

Usage में चिकित्सा के क्षेत्र में attenuated vaccine में किसी virus या bacterium का कमज़ोर किया हुआ रूप होता है जो अब गंभीर रोग पैदा नहीं कर सकता।