Taking The Edge Off Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "DULLING" which means:

adjective
• • Lacking in liveliness or animation
• • Emitting or reflecting very little light
• • Not keenly felt
• • Not having a sharp edge or point
adjective satellite
• • Being or made softer or less loud or clear
• • So lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
• • (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted
• • Slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity
• • (of business) not active or brisk
• • Blunted in responsiveness or sensibility
• • Not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft
• • Darkened with overcast
verb
• • Make dull in appearance
• • Become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness
• • Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
• • Make numb or insensitive
• • Make dull or blunt
• • Become less interesting or attractive
• • Make less lively or vigorous

An example sentence would be:

• • "He spent all day dulling the knife on the whetstone."
• • "The constant rain was dulling the colors of the landscape."

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