Verb
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convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
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make less lively, intense, or vigorous
impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
"Terror blunted her feelings"
"deaden a sound"
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become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active
lose life, force, or vigor
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lessen the momentum or velocity of
"deaden a ship's headway"
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make vapid or deprive of spirit
"deadened wine"
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cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
"girdle the plant"
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make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
"muffle the message"