- transitive verb
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- to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken: to deaden sound; to deaden the senses; to deaden the force of a blow [Webster]
- verb
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- to impair in vigor or sensation; blunt [Taisha]
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- MSN Encarta:
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- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
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