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11deaden — [[t]de̱d(ə)n[/t]] deadens, deadening, deadened VERB If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud. [V n] He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest... [V n] They managed to deaden the sound on TV every time the …
12deaden — verb 1) surgeons tried to deaden the pain Syn: numb, dull, blunt, suppress; alleviate, mitigate, diminish, reduce, lessen, ease, soothe, relieve, assuage, kill Ant: inte …
13deaden — UK [ˈded(ə)n] / US verb [transitive] Word forms deaden : present tense I/you/we/they deaden he/she/it deadens present participle deadening past tense deadened past participle deadened 1) to make a feeling or a pain less strong 2) to make a sound… …
14deaden — verb Deaden is used with these nouns as the object: ↑pain …
15deaden — Synonyms and related words: KO, abate, absorb the shock, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, attemper, attenuate, baffle, bank the fire, bedaze, benumb, besot, blunt, break the fall, chasten, chloroform, coldcock, constrain, control …
16deaden — dead|en [ˈdedn] v [T] to make a feeling or sound less strong ▪ medicine to deaden the pain …
17deaden — verb (T) to make a feeling or sound less strong: medicine to deaden the pain …
18deaden — verb (deadened; deadening) Date: 1613 transitive verb 1. to impair in vigor or sensation ; blunt < deadened his enthusiasm > < deadened the pain > 2 …
19deaden — verb a) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle. b) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself) …
20deaden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. benumb; muffle; damp. See insensibility, impotence, silence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To reduce life or the evidence of life] Syn. blunt, impair, dull, numb, desensitize, repress, slow, paralyze,… …
