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