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deaden1660s "deprive of or diminish (some quality)," from dead (adj.) + -en (1). Earlier the verb was simply dead. Related: Deadened; deadening.
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deaden(v) make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible(v) cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients(v) make vapid or deprive of spirit(v) lessen the m [..]
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deaden
(transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
(intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
(transitive) To make soundproof.
''to deaden a wall or a floor''
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