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deaden - make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" |
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animate,
enliven,
invigorate,
liven,
liven up give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
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alter,
change,
modify remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
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obtund reduce the edge or violence of; "obtunded reflexes"
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petrify cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
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break,
damp,
dampen,
soften,
weaken weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
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deaden - convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil |
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convert change in nature, purpose, or function; undergo a chemical change; "The substance converts to an acid"
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chemical science,
chemistry the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
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deaden - become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor |
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change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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deaden - lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway" |
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retard cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate; "This drug will retard your heart rate"
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deaden - make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine" |
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alter,
change,
modify remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
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