attenuate vs lower

To reduce in size, force, value, amount, or degree. 

To reduce the amplitude of an electrical, radio, or optical signal. 

To weaken. 

To become thin or fine; to grow less. 

To rarefy. 

(of a beer) To become less dense as a result of the conversion of sugar to alcohol. 

To reduce the virulence of a bacterium or virus. 

To make thinner, as by physically reshaping, starving, or decaying. 

To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of 

To decrease in value, amount, etc. 

To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program. 

To bring down; to humble 

(lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. 

To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down 

To reduce the height of 

To depress as to direction 

to pull down 

To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. 

To make less elevated 

To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease