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English to English verb
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make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible |  | Example: muffle the message
source: wordnet30
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cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients | | Example: girdle the plant
source: wordnet30
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make vapid or deprive of spirit | | Example: deadened wine
source: wordnet30
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lessen the momentum or velocity of | | Example: deaden a ship's headway
source: wordnet30
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become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor | | source: wordnet30
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make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation | | Example: Terror blunted her feelings
deaden a sound
source: wordnet30
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convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen. | | source: webster1913
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