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What does deaden mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle.
  2. (intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself).
  3. (transitive) To make soundproof.
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After the drugs used to deaden the pain were leached from his system, Ian woke.
Close all the curtains and turn on the radio or television to deaden the noise.
They would wear canvass over their boots to deaden the sound of their feet on the rubble, fearful that any noise would alert the German machine gunners.
I stuffed tissues into my ears to deaden the sounds of conflict from the other rooms.
He is certainly successful in this, creating a wonderfully intimate sound with no plush production to deaden the enjoyment.
The past few days of fighting starvation has helped deaden my taste buds and still my stomach somewhat now.

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