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What (who) is Deaden - definition


Deaden      
·adj To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
II. Deaden ·adj To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to Retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
III. Deaden ·add. ·vt To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to Deafen.
IV. Deaden ·adj To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to Obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
V. Deaden ·adj To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to Blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
deaden      
¦ verb
1. make (a noise or sensation) less intense.
make insensitive.
2. deprive of force or vitality.
Derivatives
deadener noun
deadening adjective
deaden      
v. a.
1.
Weaken, impair, abate, restrain, retard, dull, damp, dampen.
2.
Blunt, benumb, paralyze, obtund, hebetate, make insensible.
Examples of use of Deaden
1. We deaden the space where creative solutions could thrive.
2. We need to deaden ourselves from the pain of abandonment by most of the world.
3. I now struck her as hard as I was physically able in an attempt to deaden her arm.
4. The Homeland Security Department would probably rely on private auditors to review and monitor chemical plant protections so "we don‘t necessarily deaden our efficiency by insisting that the government do everything itself," he said.
5. "I now struck her as hard as I was physically able in an attempt to deaden her arm in the bicep and upper shoulder area so that she could be restrained again.