Deaden (Verb)
Meaning 1
Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor.
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 3
Make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 4
Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 5
Lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Meaning 6
Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 7
Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil.
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..