| VERB | change | deaden, dampen, damp | make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible |
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| contact | deaden, girdle | cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients | |
| change | deaden | make vapid or deprive of spirit | |
| change | deaden | lessen the momentum or velocity of | |
| change | deaden | become lifeless, less lively / lively, intense, or active | |
| change | deaden, blunt | make less lively, intense, or vigorous | |
| change | deaden | convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil |
| Sounds | deh'dahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | dampen, damp | |
| Broader | dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break | lessen in force or effect |
| Meaning | cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | girdle | |
| Category | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
| Broader | incise | make an incision / incision into by carving or cutting |
| Meaning | make vapid or deprive of spirit. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "deadened wine" | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | perder vigor | |
| Catalan | aigualir | |
| Meaning | lessen the momentum or velocity of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "deaden a ship's headway" | |
| Broader | retard | Cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate |
| Catalan | alentir, alleujar | |
| Meaning | Become lifeless, less lively / lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Catalan | alleujar, apaivagar, suavitzar | |
| Nouns | deadening | the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) |
| Meaning | make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "deaden a sound" | |
| Synonym | blunt | |
| Narrower | dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break | lessen in force or effect |
| obtund | Reduce the edge or violence of | |
| petrify | Cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned / stunned | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate | make lively / lively |
| Spanish | amortecer, amortiguar, embotar | |
| Catalan | amortir | |
| Nouns | deadening | the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine) |
| Meaning | convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Broader | convert | change the nature, purpose, or function of something |
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