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Meaning of deaden

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  deaden
      v 1: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible;
           "muffle the message" [syn: {dampen}, {deaden}, {damp}]
      2: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the
         circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant" [syn:
         {girdle}, {deaden}]
      3: make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
      4: lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
      5: become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life,
         force, or vigor
      6: make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor,
         force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings";
         "deaden a sound" [syn: {deaden}, {blunt}] [ant: {animate},
         {enliven}, {invigorate}, {liven}, {liven up}]
      7: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of
         minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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