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UK
/dˈɛdən/
]
[ US /ˈdɛdən/ ]
[ US /ˈdɛdən/ ]
VERB
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lessen the momentum or velocity of
deaden a ship's headway -
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
girdle the plant -
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
deaden a sound
Terror blunted her feelings - convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
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make vapid or deprive of spirit
deadened wine -
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
muffle the message
How To Use deaden In A Sentence
- Additional, wall, condole can choose deadening very, if mineral wool is sound-absorbing board wait.
- The driver deadened the noise of the car with a new muffler.
- A log cabin, and, occasionally, a stable and corn-crib, and a field of a dozen acres, the timber girdled or "deadened," and fenced, are enough for his occupancy. The Frontier in American History
- There is very little to break the familiarity and deadening monotony of Aslam's routine.
- When you listen to the radio, the music deadens your rhythm and causes you to create uniform sentences.
- It is a stubborn thing resisting the call to self-annihilation, deadening pain, and compromising with what is simply wrong. Lonni Collins Pratt: The Sacred Power Of Hope
- Too many rules might deaden creativity.
- The city deadens us to beauty.
- He is certainly successful in this, creating a wonderfully intimate sound with no plush production to deaden the enjoyment.
- It also deadens pain receptors at the injury site.
