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

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

Obtuse :: Obtuse (superl.) Dull; deadened; as, obtuse sound..

Mortify :: Mortify (v. t.) To deaden by religious or other discipline, as the carnal affections, bodily appetites, or worldly desires; to bring into subjection; to abase; to humble..

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..

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

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

Deadened :: Deadened (imp. & p. p.) of Deade.

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..

Numb :: Numb (v. t.) To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.

Dead :: Dead (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

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..

Stun :: Stun (v. t.) To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing..

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