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as in to undermine
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
an excess of detail deadens much of the mystery novel's suspense
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as in to reduce
to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling
a couple of aspirins deadened the headache
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Recent Examples of deaden
Things like that might deaden your palate before your tasting.
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2024
Another method Tyler has had success with is using hearing aids not to amplify sound but to deaden it.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
The weight of responsibility is no longer about maintaining your soul while deadened by the granite-countertop heft of 2005’s suburban expectations.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
The physicians had injected the woman’s arm with the anesthetic lidocaine—a dose strong enough to deaden her limb for surgery.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2018
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Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2024
Another method Tyler has had success with is using hearing aids not to amplify sound but to deaden it.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 6 June 2024
The weight of responsibility is no longer about maintaining your soul while deadened by the granite-countertop heft of 2005’s suburban expectations.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2024
The physicians had injected the woman’s arm with the anesthetic lidocaine—a dose strong enough to deaden her limb for surgery.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Apr. 2018
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But the disconnect between its lofty themes and the shallowness of its characters and world-building undermines its grand ambitions.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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As Coursera's Chief Content Officer Marni Baker-Stein emphasizes, this profound gender gap in AI and data science, where women represent just 22% of professionals, undermines both social equity and the effectiveness of AI technology development.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Here’s how to test for and reduce your exposure to these forever chemicals in your water.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
27 Jan. 2025
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This could help reduce human-wildlife conflict with grizzly bears, according to a new paper in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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Beijing has also been working to repair ties with American allies like Japan to try to weaken the security alliances forged by the Biden administration to constrain China.—
David Pierson,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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With rising conflicts and weakened diplomacy, the global order is set to fragment in 2025, intensifying economic volatility.—
Sarwant Singh,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Instead, Eco dulls down the throttle response, and the steering becomes a bit less reactive.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Ars Technica,
27 Jan. 2025
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He was given morphine for his physical pain, but her brother’s anguish could not be dulled.—
Katherine Rosman,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Two of those teenagers, Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall, lay flat on their backs at full time, exhausted by yet another 90 minutes.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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But the last of those emergency dollars are being exhausted this fiscal year and won’t be available to help in the next two-year state budget, which Lamont will propose to lawmakers on Feb. 5.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
23 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s threats to eliminate EV incentives may dampen sales, but the president’s plan to impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada could prove to be even more disastrous.—
Andrew J. Hawkins,
The Verge,
22 Jan. 2025
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And then a significant knee injury and major concussion dampened his career.—
Jason Mastrodonato,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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The result is a graceful character study that explores why someone’s capacity for warmth seems to have long been drained.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2025
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During her post-surgery recovery, simple tasks like bending over became incredibly difficult, leaving her feeling both physically and emotionally drained.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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And so my part was always diminished in his presence.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
2 Feb. 2025
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However, as time progresses, intimacy can diminish, leading to a sense of disconnection.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Deaden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deaden. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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