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deaden
('d/E/d/-/n )

verb (v)

  • make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    damp, dampen
    source: wordnet30
  • cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    girdle
    source: wordnet30
  • make vapid or deprive of spirit(verb.change)
    Example:
    Deadened wine.
    source: wordnet30
  • lessen the momentum or velocity of(verb.change)
    Example:
    Deaden a ship's headway.
    source: wordnet30
  • become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation(verb.change)
    Example:
    Deaden a sound.
    source: wordnet30
  • convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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