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deadened
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective deadened has 2 senses
- deadened(s = adj.all) dead - devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"
- deadened(s = adj.all) Array - made or become less intense; "the deadened pangs of hunger"
ROGET THESAURUS
deadened
Numbness
N numbness, anaesthesia, pins and needles, numb, benumbed, deadened, intangible, impalpable, (2) Heat.
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