Catalan
esmorteïment The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
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They are written in the short, deadening sentences suggestive of common sense.
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A stupefying, deadening odour of decayed flowers struck them in the face.
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An unearned exultation- asentimentalitydeadening something within hides around in the music.
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No more deadening system for the intellect could possibly have been devised.
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As the evening deepened Kyle dozed in the deadening heat and humidity.
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His attitude implied no tyranny, and he strove for no deadening conformity.
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He was conscious of his impotence chilling his blood, deadening his nerves.
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A burning warmth, followed by a deadening of the mental faculties, ensued.
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Missionaries in foreign-mission lands speak much of the peculiar, deadening, moral atmosphere there.
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And of all deadening labors, that of the Northland trail is the worst.
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But the deadening influence of the whole Russian system was evident.
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In its mumbling, deadening force it was like a sentence on a prisoner.
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Until then, he was deadening himself to the pain any way he could.
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Would the triumph of socialistic principles result in deadening personal ambition?
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Sedgett's presence had the deadening power of the torpedo on the thousand pounds.
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He went on down a winding sound-deadening path of sand towards the drinking-place.
