deadened 
        
       
       
        
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	 (satellite adjective) made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger"   | 
	 
	
	
	
	
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	 (satellite adjective) devoid of physical sensation; 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"   | 
	 
	
	
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	 Synonyms: dead | 
	 
        
	
	
	
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