Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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deaden | No | No | Yes | No |
petrify | No | No | Yes | No |
deaden (verb) | petrify (verb) |
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become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor | change into stone |
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation | cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned from fright |
lessen the momentum or velocity of | make rigid and set into a conventional pattern |
make vapid or deprive of spirit | |
convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil | |
make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible | |
cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients |