deaden (
http://definr.com/deaden)
v 1: quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible
[syn:
dampen,
muffle,
mute,
damp,
tone down]
2: cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting
the circulation of water and nutrients [syn:
girdle]
3: make vapid or deprive of spirit: "deadened wine"
4: lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's
headway"
5: become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life,
force, or vigor
6: make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor,
force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her
feelings"; "deaden a sound" [syn:
blunt] [ant:
enliven]
7: convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of
minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil