deadening
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verb (used with object)
1.
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.
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deaden (ˈdɛdən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become less sensitive, intense, lively, etc; damp or be damped down; dull |
| 2. | (tr) to make acoustically less resonant: he deadened the room with heavy curtains |
| 'deadener | |
| —n | |
| 'deadening | |
| —adj | |
| deaden (ˈdɛdən) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become less sensitive, intense, lively, etc; damp or be damped down; dull |
| 2. | (tr) to make acoustically less resonant: he deadened the room with heavy curtains |
| 'deadener | |
| —n | |
| 'deadening | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
deaden
1660s "deprive of or diminish (some quality)," from dead. Earlier the verb was simply dead.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
But they intrude, being dramatically deadening and musically alien.
In these lean times fewer cows conceive, and fewer calves survive the crucial crunch of summer before the deadening of winter.
Remove lower value trees by logging, or by turning them into firewood after chemical or mechanical deadening.
Katherine has reached her own deadening accommodation with life.
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