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▸ verb: lessen the momentum or velocity of ("Deaden a ship's headway")
▸ verb: make vapid or deprive of spirit ("Deadened wine")
▸ verb: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
▸ verb: make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation ("Deaden a sound")
▸ verb: become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
▸ verb: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
▸ verb: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
▸ Also see deadens
▸ Words similar to deaden
▸ Usage examples for deaden
▸ Words that often appear near deaden
▸ Rhymes of deaden
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▸ verb: lessen the momentum or velocity of ("Deaden a ship's headway")
▸ verb: make vapid or deprive of spirit ("Deadened wine")
▸ verb: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
▸ verb: make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation ("Deaden a sound")
▸ verb: become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
▸ verb: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
▸ verb: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
▸ Also see deadens
▸ Words similar to deaden
▸ Usage examples for deaden
▸ Words that often appear near deaden
▸ Rhymes of deaden
▸ Invented words related to deaden