deaden
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(verb) convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil |
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Related Words: convert |
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(verb) make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" |
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Synonyms: blunt |
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Related Words: alter, break, change, damp, dampen, obtund, petrify, soften, weaken |
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Antonyms: enliven |
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(verb) become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor |
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Related Words: change |
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(verb) lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway" |
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Related Words: retard |
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(verb) make vapid or deprive of spirit: "deadened wine" |
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Related Words: alter, change |
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(verb) cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients |
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Synonyms: girdle |
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Related Words: incise |
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(verb) quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible |
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Synonyms: damp, dampen, muffle, mute, tone down |
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Related Words: hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still |
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