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stultify

verb as in render ineffectual or futile

verb as in ridicule

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Example Sentences

It occurred to him that modern education existed largely to stultify independent thought.

"To thank men like Cowan, who did not desire to enfranchise woman any more than the negro, was to stultify ourselves," he said.

The latter has allowed its prejudices and its feelings to obliterate or to stultify its reason.

Link-torches, unless of the best pitch-pine (Pinus resinosa), do not burn with sufficient brightness to stultify the pigeons.

As she took a step towards the bridge-tables, Jack felt that he was losing her; yet he would only stultify himself by an apology.

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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stultify, such as: benumb, deaden, dull, frustrate, hinder, and impede.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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