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Verb
/ˈdedn/,
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deadened, past tense; deadened, past participle; deadening, present participle; deadens, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Make (a noise or sensation) less intense
    • - ether was used to deaden the pain
  2. Deprive of the power of sensation
    • - diabetes can deaden the nerve endings
  3. Deprive of force or vitality; stultify
    • - the syllabus has deadened the teaching process
    • - a deadening routine
  4. Make (someone) insensitive to something
    • - laughter might deaden us to the moral issue
  1. dampen: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
  2. girdle: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"
  3. make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
  4. lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
  5. become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
  6. convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
  7. (deadened) dead: devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"
  8. (deadened) made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger"
  9. (deadening) boring: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task ...
  10. (deadening) stultification: the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
  11. Deaden is a death metal band from U.S. founded in 1992 by the drummer Ethan Deppe and the guitarist Drew Stockman.
  12. To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle; To become less lively; to diminish (by itself); To make soundproof
  13. (Deadening) Construction intended to prevent the passage of sound.
  14. (Deadening) Area on which timber has been killed by fire, flooding, insects, or disease (19).
  15. (Deadening) Material used to control the transmission of sound.
  16. (Deadening) The act of making floors, partitions, etc., soundproof.
  17. (Deadening) When new areas were settled in the west, "clearings” were made by cutting down the trees. Others were "girdled,” or When the majority of trees are deadened, the clearing was called a deadening.