deaden

• ⇰ To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; <as>as, to <ex>deaden</ex> the natural powers or feelings; to <ex>deaden</ex> a sound.</as>
• ⇰ To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; <as>as, to <ex>deaden</ex> a ship's headway</as>.
• ⇰ To make vapid or spiritless; <as>as, to <ex>deaden</ex> wine</as>.
• ⇰ To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; <as>as, to <ex>deaden</ex> gilding by a coat of size</as>.
• ⇰ To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen.