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deaden

[ ded-n ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken:
to deaden sound; to deaden the senses; to deaden the force of a blow.
Synonyms: dull, numb, lessen, diminish, blunt
to lessen the velocity of; retard:
to deaden the headway of a ship.
to make impervious to sound, as a floor.

deaden

/ ˈdɛdən /

to make or become less sensitive, intense, lively, etc; damp or be damped down; dull
tr to make acoustically less resonant
he deadened the room with heavy curtains

Origin of deaden¹

First recorded in 1655–65; dead + -en ¹

Are you talking about your battle with rheumatoid arthritis and the need to deaden the pain of it?

The dining room, even in the heat of summer, should be carpeted, to deaden the noise of the servants' feet.

Hay and straw were laid upon the bridges to deaden the sound of the artillery wheels.

An attempt to imagine a body destitute of thy potency, would be to bankrupt and deaden the material universe.

Even concussion of the brain had failed to deaden the memory of that awful night.

Her heart answered to the same emotions that quicken or deaden the beat of other breasts.

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