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Meanings of deaden in English

Portuguese
enfraquecer
Catalan
amortir

Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation.

      enfraquecer

      To reduce the intensity of a sound.

            Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients.

                  Usage of deaden in English
                  1
                  The definite pursuit of the higher good will deaden the lower anxieties.
                  Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
                  2
                  Besides, he couldn't bear to deaden his only connection to the outside.
                  Takeover
                  3
                  A dread seemed to descend upon him and deaden his natural buoyancy.
                  The Judgment House
                  4
                  Thick carpets, into which the feet sink, deaden the sound of footsteps.
                  Serge Panine — Volume 02
                  5
                  By this common device she had sought to deaden the vivid lightning.
                  A Day of Fate
                  6
                  It's how they quiet their fears and deaden the pain, he said.
                  Heart-shaped box
                  7
                  There was no other sound to deaden her husband's distinct, low voice.
                  Red Pottage
                  8
                  But the point is the same -to deaden people's faith.
                  News.com.au
                  9
                  I started drinking and smoking dope, just to deaden the way I felt.
                  Night tides
                  10
                  The stream, here and there falling in cataracts, does something to deaden them.
                  The Lone Ranche
                  11
                  I'm not yet in my cups enough to deaden the pain.
                  The Complete Rama Omnibus
                  12
                  It was hard to hear her; the shrouded realm seemed to deaden sound.
                  Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
                  13
                  To deaden their fear they ate the sandwiches they had brought.
                  Dame Care
                  14
                  We started then, with our oars muffled to deaden the noise.
                  Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville
                  15
                  Certainly these things soothe the restlessness in men's minds, deaden their sceptical sensibilities.
                  The Soul of a Bishop
                  16
                  He must have something to stimulate him and deaden his nerves.
                  Sant' Ilario
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                  Translations for deaden
                  Catalan
                  amortir
                  Deaden through the time
                  Deaden across language varieties
                  United Kingdom
                  Common