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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dull |
| Synonyms: | anesthetize, benumb, deaden, make inactive, make less sensitive, numb, render insensible |
| Main Entry: | deaden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, muffle, quiet |
| Synonyms: | KO, abate, alleviate, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, etherize, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken |
| Antonyms: | animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | drug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put under influence of medication |
| Synonyms: | analgize, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope up, dope*, dose, dose up, fix, hit, knock out, medicate, narcotize, numb, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deaden |
| Synonyms: | anesthetize, benumb, blunt, chill, desensitize, dull, freeze, frost, immobilize, obtund, paralyze, stun, stupefy |
| Antonyms: | enliven |
| Main Entry: | medicate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drug |
| Synonyms: | analgize, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope up, dope*, dose, dose up, fix*, hit*, knock out, narcotize, numb, opiate, physic, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | narcotize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drug |
| Synonyms: | analgize, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope up, dope*, dose, dose up, fix*, hit*, knock out, medicate, numb, opiate, physic, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | physic |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drug |
| Synonyms: | analgize, anesthetize, benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope up, dope*, dose, dose up, fix*, hit*, knock out, medicate, narcotize, numb, opiate, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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