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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
deaden .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective devoid of physical sensation; numb
- adjective made or become less intense
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Examples
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Many of the leading organ builders now employ this thicker construction, and it is no uncommon thing to find Swell boxes measuring three inches in thickness and "deadened" with sawdust or shavings between the layers of wood of which they are formed.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments George Laing Miller
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A log cabin, and, occasionally, a stable and corn-crib, and a field of a dozen acres, the timber girdled or "deadened," and fenced, are enough for his occupancy.
The Frontier in American History Frederick Jackson Turner 1896
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Big trees were "deadened," or killed, by cutting a
A School History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892
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The cultivated land had been cleared by cutting away the underbrush and small trees, while the big ones had merely been "deadened," by girdling them near the ground.
The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 Leander Stillwell 1888
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A log cabin, and occasionally a stable and corn crib, and a field of a dozen acres, the timber girdled or "deadened," and fenced, are enough for his occupancy.
A New Guide for Emigrants to the West John Mason Peck 1823
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A local priest called to the scene of the crash said several communities had been "deadened" by the loss of life.
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In the bringing of unendurable emotional pain into language and human dialogue, a deadened sense of being is reborn.
Robert D. Stolorow: Losing and Regaining My Sense of Being Robert D. Stolorow 2011
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When my traumatized states could not find a hospitable relational home or context of human understanding, I became deadened, and my world became dulled.
Robert D. Stolorow: Losing and Regaining My Sense of Being Robert D. Stolorow 2011
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In the bringing of unendurable emotional pain into language and human dialogue, a deadened sense of being is reborn.
Robert D. Stolorow: Losing and Regaining My Sense of Being Robert D. Stolorow 2011
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When my traumatized states could not find a hospitable relational home or context of human understanding, I became deadened, and my world became dulled.
Robert D. Stolorow: Losing and Regaining My Sense of Being Robert D. Stolorow 2011
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