unabated
Other forms: unabating; unabatedly
If something is unabated, it keeps on going without stopping or slowing down, like your unabated weeping as you watch a sad movie.
No matter how many times you yell for her to turn it down, your sister's loud music continues unabated (which might result in unabated yelling on your part). Unabated comes from the "not" prefix un- and the verb abate, "become less intense" or "put an end to." Abate shares a Latin root with battere, "to beat."
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continuing at full strength or intensity“the winds are unabated”“the popularity of his books among young people continued unabated”synonyms:intensepossessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree
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Written by the influential abolitionist, Douglass's autobiography bears witness to the horrors of slavery.
As you read the autobiographical "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 8's Collection 3: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad, The Drummer Boy of Shiloh, Bloody Times, O Captain! My Captain!
Elie Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his lifetime struggle against indifference, which he sees as synonymous to the struggle for peace. As an author, philosopher, and humanist, Wiesel focuses on drawing attention to the crimes committed by the Nazis during World War II, in order to prevent such a holocaust from happening again. In accepting the prize on December 11, 1986, Wiesel gave a lecture titled "Hope, Despair and Memory" in which he shows, through a combination of biblical stories, history, and his own story, how those three perspectives must be balanced to remind each person that we have the power and duty to save ourselves, our neighbors, and humanity. E-text available here.