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Muffle As A Sound Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is DEADEN which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: DEADEN

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199%6Exact Match!
239%8Muffle the sound
336%9 Materials that muffle sound

About This Clues Answer

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 Times04 Feb 2008 Down 6
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