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deaden

American

[ded-n] / ˈdɛd n /

verb (used with object)

to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken.

to deaden sound; to deaden the senses; to deaden the force of a blow.

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dull, numb, lessen, diminish, blunt
to lessen the velocity of; retard.

to deaden the headway of a ship.
to make impervious to sound, as a floor.

verb (used without object)

to become dead.

deaden British

/ ˈdɛdən /

verb

to make or become less sensitive, intense, lively, etc; damp or be damped down; dull
(tr) to make acoustically less resonant

he deadened the room with heavy curtains

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Origin of deaden

First recorded in 1655–65; dead + -en ¹

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