deaden
verb (used with object)
to make less sensitive, active, energetic, or forcible; weaken.
deadens
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present tense formof deaden (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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He suffered two near-fatal poisonings in 2015 and 2017 and developed polyneuropathy, a condition that deadens the feeling in his limbs.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
Lyndall Gordon’s endured a “boredom that deadens the air around my father”.
From Economist ● Apr. 19, 2018
With about 300 pitches per game, this deadens things.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2017
But the efforts are often clumsy, flagged with a wink-winking that deadens the gimmick, especially in a classroom scene in which a discussion of Gothic literature turns to name dropping.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
It is hardly consoling to remember such a feeling, and so it deadens in our minds.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
