deaden

v., -ened, -en·ing, -ens.

v.tr.

1. To render less intense, sensitive, or vigorous: a medication to deaden the pain; wall tiles that deaden the sound from the rehearsal studio.
2. To make soundproof.
3. To make less colorful or brilliant.

v.intr.

1. To become dead.
2. To lose vigor, brilliance, or liveliness.

deadener dead'en·er n.

verb

1. To render less sensitive: benumb, blunt, desensitize, dull, numb. Idioms: take the edge off. See awareness/unawareness.
2. To decrease or dull the sound of: dampen, muffle, mute, stifle. See increase/decrease, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

v

Definition: diminish, muffle, quiet
Antonyms: animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen

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The verb has 7 meanings:

Meaning #1: make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
  Synonyms: dampen, damp

Meaning #2: cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
  Synonym: girdle

Meaning #3: make vapid or deprive of spirit

Meaning #4: lessen the momentum or velocity of

Meaning #5: become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor

Meaning #6: make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
  Synonym: blunt
  Antonym: enliven (meaning #2)

Meaning #7: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - dæmpe, gøre mat, gøre følelsesløs
v. intr. - dæmpes, blive mat

Nederlands (Dutch)
verzwakken/ verzachten, verdoven, van kracht/glans beroven

Français (French)
v. tr. - calmer, endormir, émousser, amortir, étouffer, tamiser
v. intr. - calmer, endormir, émousser, amortir, étouffer, tamiser

Deutsch (German)
v. - abstumpfen, betäuben, dämpfen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (απο)νεκρώνω, κατασιγάζω, καταπνίγω, μουδιάζω

Italiano (Italian)
ottundere, attenuare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - amortecer, enfraquecer

Русский (Russian)
омертвлять, приглушать, делать звуконепроницаемым

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - aliviar, calmar, embotar, amortiguar
v. intr. - morirse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bedöva, lindra, göra matt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
缓和, 消除, 使变弱, 使麻木, 使无感觉, 变得死一般, 变弱

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 緩和, 消除, 使變弱, 使麻木, 使無感覺
v. intr. - 變得死一般, 變弱, 緩和

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 무기력하게 하다, (고통, 향기 등을) 감하다, 방음 되게 하다
v. intr. - 사라지다, 사멸하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - そぐ, 無感覚にする, 消す, 死滅する, 消滅する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخمد النشاط أو الإحساس, , يفقده البريق أو اللمعان, يميت‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הרדים, שיכך, החליש‬
v. intr. - ‮נחלש‬

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