Deaden
WordNet
verb
(1) Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
(2) Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
"Terror blunted her feelings"
"Deaden a sound"
(3) Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
(4) Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
"Muffle the message"
(5) Lessen the momentum or velocity of
"Deaden a ship's headway"
(6) Make vapid or deprive of spirit
"Deadened wine"
(7) Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
"Girdle the plant"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
- To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
- To make soundproof.