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What (who) is DAMPENER - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Dampener; Damper (disambiguation); Dampers
dampener
Boy, did this woman know how to put a dampener on your day.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
damper
(dampers)
To put a damper on something means to have an effect on it which stops it being as enjoyable or as successful as it should be. (INFORMAL)
The cold weather put a damper on our plans...
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n
damper
n.
deadening influence
to put a damper on
Wikipedia
Damper
A damper is a device that deadens, restrains, or depresses. It may refer to:
Examples of use of DAMPENER
1. "But this terrorism will surely act as a dampener.
2. Whatever be the cause of that, it puts a dampener on India–Pakistan relations.
3. And that, in the end, may have been the biggest dampener for a lower than expected turnout.
4. Besides, it is also being seen as a dampener on the momentum generated by the quake–induced Indo–Pak bonhomie.
5. But a clear dampener on corporate investments is unlikely." But Norbert Walter, chief economist of Deutsche Bank, was more sceptical.