deaden
[ ded-n ]
/ ˈdɛd n /
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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.
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.
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OTHER WORDS FROM deaden
dead·en·er, nounun·dead·ened, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use deaden in a sentence
To invent a sound-deadener to put on the pistol is working on wrong lines; it is not simplification but it is complication.
The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It|Walter Winans"I fears me thet wound's mighty liable ter be a deadener," he said.
A Pagan of the Hills|Charles Neville Buck
British Dictionary definitions for deaden
deaden
/ (ˈdɛdən) /
verb
to make or become less sensitive, intense, lively, etc; damp or be damped down; dull
(tr) to make acoustically less resonanthe deadened the room with heavy curtains
Derived forms of deaden
deadener, noundeadening, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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