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deaden

dea·den

UK/ˈdɛdən/ US/ˈdɛdʌn/ uncommon

verb

1.

make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

  • “muffle the message”
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2.

cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

  • “girdle the plant”
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3.

make vapid or deprive of spirit

  • “deadened wine”
4.

lessen the momentum or velocity of

  • “deaden a ship”
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6.

make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

  • “Terror blunted her feelings”
  • “deaden a sound”
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7.

convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

Origin

From dead + -en. Compare Dutch doden (“to kill”), West Frisian deadzje (“to kill”).

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