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dampen: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"; check; keep in check (a fire); make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"; reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

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deject collapse

dispirit collapse

sadden collapse: make unhappy; "The news of her death saddened me"; come to feel sad

dishearten collapse: take away the enthusiasm of

weigh upon collapse

discourage collapse: deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

depress collapse: lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation depressed the economy"; lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"; lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas prices"

disincline collapse

scale down collapse: reduce proportionally; "The model is scaled down"

moisten collapse: make moist; "The dew moistened the meadows"

humidify collapse: make (more) humid; "We have a machine that humidifies the air in the house"

indispose collapse: cause to feel unwell; "She was indisposed"; make unwilling

eviscerate collapse: having been disembowelled; take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"; remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"

wean collapse: gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"; detach the affections of

roll back collapse

dew collapse: water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air; "in the morning the grass was wet with dew"

beat down collapse: dislodge from a position; "She beat the dealer down to a much better price"; shine hard; "The sun beat down on the hikers"; persuade the seller to accept a lower price; "She beat the merchant down $100"

deafen collapse: make soundproof; "deafen a room"; make or render deaf; "a deafening noise"; be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise"

step down collapse

devitalize collapse: sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy"

soft pedal collapse: a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound

darken collapse: make dark or darker; "darken a room"; become dark or darker; "The sky darkened"; tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good name"; become or make darker; "The screen darkened"; "He darkened the colors by adding brown"

oppress collapse: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"

neutralize collapse: make chemically neutral; "She neutralized the solution"; make ineffective by counterbalancing the effect of; "Her optimism neutralizes his gloom"; "This action will negate the effect of my efforts"; make incapable of military action; get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized"; make politically neutral and thus inoffensive; "The treaty neutralized the small republic"

knock down collapse

intermeddle collapse

deter collapse: try to prevent; show opposition to; "We should discourage this practice among our youth"

cast down collapse

enfeeble collapse: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him"

underplay collapse: play a card lower than (a held high card)

play down collapse

take from collapse

de emphasize collapse

cut back collapse: return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"

chasten collapse: restrain or temper

irrigate collapse: supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound"

deduct collapse

demoralize collapse: confuse or put into disorder; "the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office"

sparge collapse: agitate by introducing air or compressed gas; "sparge the water"

unnerve collapse

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