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Deadened
- verb - become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"
- devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"
- lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
- made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger"
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
- make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
- make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
Deadener
- - One who, or that which, deadens or checks.
Deadeyes
- noun - (nautical) a round hardwood disk with holes and a grooved perimeter used to tighten a shroud
- a dead shot
- Unerring marksman.
Deadhead
- noun - a nonenterprising person who is not paying his way; "the deadheads on the payroll should be eased out as fast as possible"
- a train or bus or taxi traveling empty
- to prune dead flowers from a plant
Deadlier
- adjective - (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
- causing or capable of causing death; "a fatal accident"; "a deadly enemy"; "mortal combat"; "a mortal illness"
- exceedingly harmful
- extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom; "venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite"
- involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death; "the seven deadly sins"
- of an instrument of certain death; "deadly poisons"; "lethal weapon"; "a lethal injection"
Deadline
- noun - the point in time at which something must be completed
Deadlock
- noun - a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations"
- Stalemate
Deadness
- noun - the inanimate property of something that has died
- the physical property of something that has lost its elasticity; "he objected to the deadness of the tennis balls"
- the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away"
Deadwood
- noun - a branch or a part of a tree that is dead
- someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
Deaerate
- verb - remove air or gas from