deaden, v.
(deadened, deadening, deadens)
freq. cnt. 1
(deadened, deadening, deadens)
freq. cnt. 1
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
damp dampen deaden
sample sentences
"muffle the message"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
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deaden
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Somebody ----s something
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
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blunt deaden
sample sentences
"Terror blunted her feelings""deaden a sound"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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hyponym
become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
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deaden
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lessen the momentum or velocity of
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deaden
sample sentences
"deaden a ship's headway"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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make vapid or deprive of spirit
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deaden
sample sentences
"deadened wine"verb frames
Something ----s something
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cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
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deaden girdle
sample sentences
"girdle the plant"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
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