: material used to soundproof walls or floors
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Conversations about his long-term future are a factor, too, but there is no question that the workload has been at least partly responsible for the deadening of the England Under-21 international’s effect.
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 10 May 2025
France’s postwar boom was really an impoverishment, a mass deadening.
—Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
Along with beefing up the sound deadening, the available engines and their mounts were tuned to limit noise and vibrations.
—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Apr. 2023
The production car will have more sound deadening, plus some degree of artificial noise pumped through the speakers.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2022
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The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 10 May 2025
France’s postwar boom was really an impoverishment, a mass deadening.
—Tobi Haslett, Harper's Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
Along with beefing up the sound deadening, the available engines and their mounts were tuned to limit noise and vibrations.
—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Apr. 2023
The production car will have more sound deadening, plus some degree of artificial noise pumped through the speakers.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2022
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“Deadening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deadening. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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