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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
Derived Forms
- ˈԾԲ, adjective
- ˈԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- IJ· noun
- ܲ·IJԱ adjective
Example Sentences
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.
But it also has a deadening clockwork quality.
And the unique geology of the city of Kyiv, built on wetlands and flood plains, deadens signals from explosions, researchers say.
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