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deaden
Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
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Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
verb
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
“Terror blunted her feelings”
verb
Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
verb
Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
“Muffle the message”
verb
Lessen the momentum or velocity of
“Deaden a ship's headway”
verb
Make vapid or deprive of spirit
“Deadened wine”
verb
Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
“Girdle the plant”
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Terror blunted her feelings
Deaden a sound
Muffle the message
Deaden a ship's headway
Deadened wine
Girdle the plant
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