deaden

Verb
  1. Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible (synset 200391231)
    "muffle the message"
    is a type of: break, damp, dampen, soften, weaken - lessen in force or effect
    same as: damp, dampen
  2. Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients (synset 201611026)
    "girdle the plant"
    referred to in: flora, plant, plant life - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
    is a type of: incise - make an incision into by carving or cutting
    same as: girdle
  3. Make vapid or deprive of spirit (synset 200440042)
    "deadened wine"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  4. Lessen the momentum or velocity of (synset 200439909)
    "deaden a ship's headway"
    is a type of: retard - cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate
  5. Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active;
    Lose life, force, or vigor (synset 200193672)
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
  6. Make less lively, intense, or vigorous;
    Impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation (synset 200192383)
    "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes:
    same as: blunt
  7. Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil (synset 200116696)
    referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
    is a type of: convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something

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