1. Smother or suppress
   - stifle 
2. Make moist
   - moisten, wash 
3. Deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
   - muffle, mute, dull, damp, tone down 
4. Reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves) 
5. Make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
   - deaden, damp 
6. Check; keep in check (a fire) 
7. Lessen in force or effect
   - damp, soften, weaken, break

Derived forms: dampens, dampened, dampening

See also: dampener, dampening

Type of: blunt, check, conquer, curb, deaden, delay, inhibit, retard, soften, stamp down, subdue, suppress, weaken, wet

Encyclopedia: Dampen

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