Definition of deadening
: material used to soundproof walls or floors
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The deadening of Yankees-Red Sox allowed other flowers to bloom.
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Meanwhile, powertrain drone and road noise have been addressed by numerous new sound-deadening and cabin-insulating measures.
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Watch the whole thing below, and keep watch for the slow deadening of his eyes throughout the segment.
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The deadening, coercive nature of this kind of thinking is disturbing.
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Assimilating to adult reality in the corrupt world of Elsinore is a deadening process.
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This is a traumatic model of black history whose hallmark is a deadening, Oedipal regularity.
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The tetrodotoxin is up to 1,200 times more poisonous than that of cyanide, and can cause deadening of the tongue and lips, dizziness, vomiting, arrhythmia, difficulty breathing, muscle paralysis and, if left untreated, death.
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That means additional sound deadening, a different carpet, and a thicker cargo cover compared with its Opel sibling.
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First Known Use of deadening
circa 1874
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