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[ verb ] smother or suppress

Synonyms

stifle

Examples

"Stifle your curiosity"

Used in print

(Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)

The altercation in the coffee_house had done little to dampen his spirits , but he was still a_little wary around Rector for they had not_yet discussed the incident .

2
[ verb ] make moist

Synonyms

moisten wash

Examples

"The dew moistened the meadows"

Used in print

(Organic Gardening and Farming,...)

Pick the flowers , keep the soil dampened , and each of the pegged-down branches will take root and become a little plant and go_on blooming for the rest of the season .

3
[ verb ] make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

Synonyms

deaden damp

Examples

"muffle the message"

Related terms

damper

4
[ verb ] quieten or silence (a sound) or make (an image) less visible

Related terms

suppress hush smotherer

5
[ verb ] reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

Related terms

weaken

6
[ verb ] deaden (a sound or noise), esp. by wrapping

Related terms

soften silencer damper

7
[ verb ] check; keep in check (a fire)

Related terms

check

8
[ verb ] lessen in force or effect

Synonyms

soften break weaken damp

Examples

"soften a shock" "break a fall"

Related terms

deaden damp deafen weakener

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