Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)dampen, deaden, dampmake vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible“muffle the message” (v)girdle, deadencut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients“girdle the plant” (v)deadenmake vapid or deprive of spirit“deadened wine” (v)deadenlessen the momentum or velocity of“deaden a ship's headway” (v)deadenbecome lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor (v)deaden, bluntmake less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation“Terror blunted her feelings”,
“deaden a sound” (v)deadenconvert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil