The Clue
Anesthetizes (7 letter answer)
The Answer
DEADENS
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Notes
The answer DEADENS is so rare that it appears less than once every 2900 puzzles.
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Definition
DEADEN as a verb:
1. (dampen, deaden, damp) = make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"
2. (girdle, deaden) = cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients; "girdle the plant"
3. make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
4. lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
5. become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
6. (deaden, blunt) = make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
7. convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil