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Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible
Answer for the clue "Quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible ", 9 letters:
deadening
Alternative clues for the word deadening
- Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active
- Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
- Impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
- Lessen the momentum or velocity of
- The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
- Make vapid or deprive of spirit
- Cut a girdle around (a plant) so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
Word definitions for deadening in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
deadening \dead"en*ing\ n. The act of making something futile and useless (as by routine). Syn: stultification, impairment.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; ...
Usage examples of deadening.
Numbweed worked really quickly, deadening any flesh, human, dragon and, he hoped, dolphin.
Keita said, reproachfully, her expression severe, "that the deadening effect of numb-weed is deceptive.
The fans hummed, deadening conversation into local areas, but not shielding them from monitoring.
Perhaps the maddened Gnome had found his own way to escape its deadening effects, but it seemed unlikely.
Lately, he had forgotten just how odd was their pairing, but now the reminder weighed down upon him with a deadening pressure.
Beer-swilling bar patrons, abusive club owners, miles of North Dakota wheat fields, and less than adequate sleep had piled one on top of another in a deadening heap.
The veils of magic drift over her, deadening her body, and in another few heartbeats she is frozen in place, her hands still lifted to play, as though she is a statue of a harper.
Her legs scissored open and closed weakly as her body fought the deadening effect of the potion.
This she would have done with or without the deadening potion she was now awaiting to lift consciousness from her tortured brain.
His head drooped forward so that the mark of shame he wore touched on the sacred stone, yet there was no deadening of the Tie glow.