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Deaden

//ˈdɛdən// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle. transitive

    "deaden the pain"

  2. 2
    convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil wordnet
  3. 3
    To become less lively; to diminish (by itself). intransitive
  4. 4
    make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation wordnet
  5. 5
    To make soundproof. transitive

    "to deaden a wall or a floor"

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  1. 6
    become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor wordnet
  2. 7
    make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible wordnet
  3. 8
    lessen the momentum or velocity of wordnet
  4. 9
    make vapid or deprive of spirit wordnet
  5. 10
    cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients wordnet

Etymology

From dead + -en. Compare Dutch doden (“to kill”), West Frisian deadzje (“to kill”).

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