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v. make less intense; "blunted emotions"

v. make less sharp; "blunt the knives"

v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

v. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

numb, benumb, blunt, dull

v. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

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blunt, crude(a), stark(a)

adj. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"

blunt, undiplomatic, tactless

adj. (impolitic)

diminish, belittle

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

numb, benumb, blunt, dull

v. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

quench

v. cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"

relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage

v. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"

diminish, belittle

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

numb, benumb, blunt, dull

v. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

put to sleep

v. help someone go to bed; "Mother put the baby to sleep"

paralyze, paralyse

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

deaden, blunt

v. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

diminish, belittle

v. lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of; "don't belittle your colleagues"

dull, blunt

v. make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

bleach, bleach out, decolor, decolour, decolorize, decolourize, decolorise, decolourise, discolorize, discolourise, discolorise

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

deaden

v. make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"

paralyze, paralyse

v. make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

petrify

v. cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"

jolt

v. disturb (someone's) composure; "The audience was jolted by the play"

freeze

v. cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"

unsharpened

adj. not sharpened

blunted, dulled

adj. made dull or blunt

mild

adj. moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme; "a mild winter storm"; "a mild fever"; "fortunately the pain was mild"; "a mild rebuke"; "mild criticism"

inexpedient, unwise

adj. not appropriate to the purpose

sharpen

v. make sharp or sharper; "sharpen the knives"

whet

v. sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone

fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set

v. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

gloss

v. give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

quicken, invigorate

v. give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"

sensitize, sensitise

v. cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"

sharp

adj. having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing; "a sharp knife"; "a pencil with a sharp point"

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