deaden
About 0.16 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
deaden the pain
- verb To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
- verb To make soundproof.
to deaden a wall or a floor
Similar words
muffle blunt mute tone down dampen damp girdle anesthetize dead mortify
Often followed by
the his their pain it our and all sound its
Word family
deadened deadener deadeners deadening deadeningly deadens
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