deadening

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Definition of deadening in English Turkish dictionary

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deaden
{f} hafifletmek, azaltmak, zayıflatmak; (ses, ağrı v.b.'ni) kesmek
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yok etmek
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boğ
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azaltmak
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köreltmek
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körletmek
sound deadening
ses geçirmeyen
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{f} hafifletmek
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ses geçmesini önlemek
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azalt
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kuvvetini kırmak hafifletmek
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boğmak uyuşturmak kesmek tatsızlaştırmak
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{f} duygusuzlaştırmak
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{f} donuklaştırmak
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{f} matlaştırmak
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{f} katılaştırmak
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{f} kesmek
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English - English
the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
Present participle of to deaden
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"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
A deadening situation destroys people's enthusiasm and imagination. She was bored with the deadening routine of her life
{i} soundproofing material or device; numbing substance

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deaden
To make soundproof
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{v} to weaken, to make tasteless
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To become less lively; to diminish (by itself)
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become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
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To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway
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become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
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If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud. He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest. to make a feeling or sound less strong
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make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
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To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle
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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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make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
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convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
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{f} diminish, alleviate; anesthetize, numb; make less lively; become dead; kill; make soundproof; make vapid, deprive of alcohol (such as wine)
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To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound
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To render impervious to sound, as a wall or floor; to deafen
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To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden 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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convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
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lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
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To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size
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make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine
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