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Deadened

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Definitions for Deadened

adjective
devoid of physical sensation
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  1. numb
  2. his gums were dead from the novocain
  3. she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth
  4. a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities
adjective
made or become less intense
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  1. the deadened pangs of hunger
verb
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
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  1. muffle the message
verb
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
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  1. girdle the plant
verb
make vapid or deprive of spirit
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  1. deadened wine
verb
lessen the momentum or velocity of
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  1. deaden a ship's headway
verb
become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active
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  1. lose life, force, or vigor
verb
make less lively, intense, or vigorous
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  1. impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
  2. Terror blunted her feelings
  3. 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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