Textual thesaurus for "deaden"

(verb) blunt

make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

Terror blunted her feelings; deaden a sound

(verb) damp, dampen

make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

muffle the message

(verb) girdle

cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

girdle the plant