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deaden

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dead⋅en

  [ded-n]
–verb (used with object)
1. to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken: to deaden sound; to deaden the senses; to deaden the force of a blow.
2. to lessen the velocity of; retard: to deaden the headway of a ship.
3. to make impervious to sound, as a floor.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become dead.
Use deaden in a Sentence
Origin:
1655–65; dead + -en 1

Related forms:
dead⋅en⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. blunt, diminish, lessen, numb, dull.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
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dead·en   (děd'n)   
v.   dead·ened, dead·en·ing, dead·ens

v.   tr.

  1. To render less intense, sensitive, or vigorous: a medication to deaden the pain; wall tiles that deaden the sound from the rehearsal studio.

  2. To make soundproof.

  3. To make less colorful or brilliant.

v.   intr.

  1. To become dead.

  2. To lose vigor, brilliance, or liveliness.

dead'en·er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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