deaden

Length / number of characters: 6
Number of words: 1

make less lively, intense, or vigorous
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
make vapid or deprive of spirit
lessen the momentum or velocity of
become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active
convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
To make as dead
To lessen the velocity or momentum of
To make vapid or spiritless
To deprive of gloss or brilliancy

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