Deadening

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process by which something is deadened.

    "The structural theory doesn't only focus on the negations, repressions, disavowals, and deadenings of the ego in the face of its encounters within and without."

  2. 2
    the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) wordnet
  3. 3
    A forest clearing created by girdling the trees.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of deaden form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "Until, of course, the war and its aftermath came to lay their deadening hand on all railway progress."

Adjective
  1. 1
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness wordnet

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abatementabatingallayingallaymentalleviatingalleviation

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"Until, of course, the war and its aftermath came to lay their deadening hand on all railway progress."

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