deadening

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deadening

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of deaden Until, of course, the war and its aftermath came to lay their deadening hand on all railway progress.

noun deadenings

The process by which something is deadened. The structural theory doesn't only focus on the negations, repressions, disavowals, and deadenings of the ego in the face of its encounters within and without.
A forest clearing created by girdling the trees.

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@misc{deadening_2026,
  title = {deadening},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deadening},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}