adjective
devoid of physical sensation
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- numb
- his gums were dead from the novocain
- she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth
- a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities
adjective
made or become less intense
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- the deadened pangs of hunger
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
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- deadened wine
verb
lessen the momentum or velocity of
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- 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
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