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