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What is the verb for attenuable?

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attenuate
  1. (transitive) To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree.
  2. (transitive) To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying.
  3. (transitive) To weaken.
  4. (transitive) To rarefy.
  5. (medicine) To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus.
  6. (transitive, electronics) To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal.
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  8. Examples:
    1. “Usually, there are a number of soft rubber flanges which form a seal with the border of the ear canal to attenuate the level of acoustic background noise that can enter the ear.”
      “It clearly underscored the need to afford players proper instruction to develop the technical skills to heighten their awareness of imminent collisions and thus attenuate the severity of head impacts.”
      “Lovell, wan and hollow-eyed, his arm in a sling, his once burly frame gaunt and attenuated with disease, nodded.”
attenuated
attenuates
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attenuate
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I do not believe this attenuates the force of any judgement against those responsible for such attacks.”
      “Our results suggest that airway wall thickening attenuates airway reactivity in patients with asthma.”
      “In contrast, fasting, which reduces serum leptin, attenuates ozone-induced inflammation.”
attenuateth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of attenuate
attenuating
  1. present participle of attenuate
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Augmentations in lung volume help constricted bronchi remain open, thereby attenuating the lumenal reductions.”
      “The propulsive contours Liszt assigns to the left hand all but vanished, thus attenuating texture and the work itself of its internecine dramas.”
      “To clearly define the beam position, contrast agent may help identify the endocardium by attenuating the x-ray beam in the cavity.”
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