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adj. - Made or became less intense; Devoid of physical sensation.

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Usage examples (36)
  • The deadened pangs of hunger
  • Verb (used with object) : to deaden sound; to deaden the senses; to deaden the force of a blow. ,to deaden the headway of a ship
  • Big trees were "deadened," or killed, by cutting a
  • A log cabin, and, occasionally, a stable and corn-crib, and a field of a dozen acres, the timber girdled or "deadened," and fenced, are enough for his occupancy.
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