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2 | 18% | 6 | Short sword unsheathed with essentially blunt point | |
3 | 18% | 8 | Blunt instrument | |
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We think the answer is "DEADEN" which means:
- verb
- • Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
- • Cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
- • Make vapid or deprive of spirit
- • Lessen the momentum or velocity of
- • Become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
- • Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
- • Convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
An example sentence would be:
- • "He used earplugs to deaden the sound of the jackhammer."
- • "The thick curtains deadened the noise coming from outside."
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New York Times09 Nov 1980 | Down 80 | |
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