1. (

• blunt ,

) make less intense; "blunted emotions" ;

2. (

• numb ,
• benumb ,
• blunt ,
• dull ,

) make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" ;

3. (

• dull ,
• blunt

) make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge" ;

4. (

• blunt

) make less sharp; "blunt the knives" ;

5. (

• deaden ,
• blunt ,

) make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" ;

1. (

• blunted ,
• dulled

) made dull or blunt ;