verb
convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oilverb
make less lively, intense, or vigorousimpair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
"Terror blunted her feelings"
"deaden a sound"
"deaden a sound"
verb
become lifeless, less lively, intense, or activelose life, force, or vigor
verb
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible"muffle the message"
verb
lessen the momentum or velocity of"deaden a ship''s headway"
verb
make vapid or deprive of spirit"deadened wine"
verb
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients"girdle the plant"
Antonime:
(verb) animate, enliven, invigorate, liven
Sinonime:
(verb) blunt, damp, dampen, girdle