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Mull :: Mull (v. t.) To dispirit or deaden; to dull or blunt.

Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To practice penance from religious motives; to deaden desires by religious discipline.

Blase :: Blase (a.) Having the sensibilities deadened by excess or frequency of enjoyment; sated or surfeited with pleasure; used up.

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size..

Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

Benumbed :: Benumbed (a.) Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind..

Muffle :: Muffle (v. t.) To wrap with something that dulls or deadens the sound of; as, to muffle the strings of a drum, or that part of an oar which rests in the rowlock..

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) 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..

Pugging :: Pugging (v. t.) Mortar or the like, laid between the joists under the boards of a floor, or within a partition, to deaden sound; -- in the United States usually called deafening..

Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..

Mute :: Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone..

Fossilize :: Fossilize (v. t.) To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden..

Obtund :: Obtund (v. t.) To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall..

Deadener :: Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks..

Foreland :: Foreland (n.) That portion of the natural shore on the outside of the embankment which receives the stock of waves and deadens their force.

Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame..

Dampen :: Dampen (v. i.) To become damp; to deaden.

Deaden :: Deaden (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine..

Impalsy :: Impalsy (v. t.) To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.

Pug :: Pug (v. t.) To fill or stop with clay by tamping; to fill in or spread with mortar, as a floor or partition, for the purpose of deadening sound. See Pugging, 2..

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