Blunting

//ˈblʌntɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process by which something is made blunt.

    "Even those productions that mean to “bring Lear home” to the audience seem always to involve fresh bluntings and blurrings of the full effect."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of blunt form-of, gerund, participle, present

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abatementalleviationattritioncalmingcushioningdeadening

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"Even those productions that mean to “bring Lear home” to the audience seem always to involve fresh bluntings and blurrings of the full effect."

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