VERB
緩和，減弱（感覺）；降低（聲音）
If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
例句
He needs morphine to deaden the pain in his chest...
他需要嗎啡來緩解胸痛。
They managed to deaden the sound on TV every time the alleged victim's name was spoken.
每當提到據稱是受害者的人的姓名時，他們都設法調低電視機的聲音。