Usually means: Makes ineffective by being dull.
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  1. stultifies: Merriam-Webster
  2. stultifies: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stultifies: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. stultifies: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. stultifies: Wiktionary
  8. stultifies: Dictionary.com
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  1. stultifies: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stultify)

verb:  (transitive) To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.
verb:  (transitive, dated) To make useless or worthless.
verb:  (transitive, dated) To cause to appear foolish; to deprive of strength; to stupefy.
verb:  (transitive, archaic, originally law) To prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence.
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