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"deaden a sound"verbmake less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
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verbcut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
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verbmake vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
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verbbecome lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigortype of:
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verbconvert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oiltype of:
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"deaden a ship's headway"verblessen the momentum or velocity oftype of:
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"deadened wine"verbmake vapid or deprive of spirit
Definition that contains deaden
- dull deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- mute deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- damp deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- muffle deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- dampen deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
- tone down deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping