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deaden
[ded-n]
verb (used with object)
to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken.
to deaden sound; to deaden the senses; to deaden the force of a blow.
Synonyms: , , , ,to lessen the velocity of; retard.
to deaden the headway of a ship.
to make impervious to sound, as a floor.
verb (used without object)
to become dead.
deaden
/ ˈɛə /
verb
to make or become less sensitive, intense, lively, etc; damp or be damped down; dull
(tr) to make acoustically less resonant
he deadened the room with heavy curtains
Other 51Թ Forms
- deadener noun
- undeadened adjective
- ˈԾԲ adjective
- ˈԱ noun
Example Sentences
She was shot three times at close range, with a blanket wrapped around the gun to deaden the sound.
That sounds dramatic until you study the rise of fascism throughout history, which has always required a slow deadening, numbing and apathy in people.
And the shine from his latest gold medal hasn’t come close to deadening.
In the dressing room, Welch was "crawling around and banging my head on the floor, trying desperately to deaden the pain within", she wrote.
The truth, however, is the obscure word - meaning "to deaden" - is the name of a police-led training exercise.
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