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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.
Deafened
- verb - be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise"
- caused to hear poorly or not at all
- make or render deaf; "a deafening noise"
- make soundproof; "deafen a room"
Dearests
- noun - a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- most costly
Decrease
- noun - a change downward; "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
- a process of becoming smaller or shorter
- decrease in size, extent, or range;
- Diminish
- make smaller; "
- the act of decreasing or reducing something
- the amount by which something decreases
- to get smaller
Decrepit
- adjective - aged
- Dilapidated
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
- worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"
Decretal
- - Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle.
Decretum
- unknown - Collection of Canon law compiled and written in the 12th century. The Decretum Gratiani, aka the Concordia discordant synonym or Concordantia discordant synonym is usually simply referred to as the Decretum.
Deepened
- verb - become deeper in tone; "His voice began to change when he was 12 years old"; "Her voice deepened when she whispered the password"
- become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"
- make deeper; "They deepened the lake so that bigger pleasure boats could use it"
- make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"