deadenern.
a. One who or that which deadens: see the verb.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > becoming less violent, vigorous, or severe > one who or that which weakens
deadera1640
deadener1846
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 60/2 Incumbrances, and deadeners of the harmony.
1884 Goldw. Smith in Contemp. Rev. Sept. 316 Unless they are strong..Conservative institutions are..deadeners of responsibility.
b. Logging. (See quot. 1905) U.S.
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1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 34 Deadener, a heavy log or timber, with spikes set in the butt end, so fastened in a log slide that the logs passing under it come in contact with the spikes and have their speed retarded.
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