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View definitions for deadened

deadened

adjective as in benumbed

adjective as in dead

adjective as in deadly

adjective as in insensitive

adjective as in muffled

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I certainly think it's made me a more appreciative one, especially coming out of winter — a season where my senses inevitably feel a little deadened after marching through a procession of gray, sunless days.

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It’s pleasant to type on, thanks to each key’s even and clear sound signature, lacking ping or hollowness — though some may find it overly deadened.

Some in baseball believe the ball has somehow been deadened, muting scoring and offensive statistics across the league.

The league’s hope was that a deadened ball would cut down on home runs and increase action in the field of play.

More than a decade later, in August 2005, 100 homes were destroyed in the Blue Mountains when a Columbia Rural Electric Association line sparked against a deadened tree and burned 52,000 acres.

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

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