deaden (v.)
- abate
- allay
- alleviate
- anesthetize
- appease
- assuage
- attemper
- attenuate
- baffle
- bedaze
- benumb
- besot
- blunt
- chasten
- chloroform
- coldcock
- constrain
- control
- cramp
- cripple
- cushion
- damp
- dampen
- de-emphasize
- deafen
- debilitate
- desensitize
- devitalize
- diminish
- dope
- downplay
- drug
- dull
- ease
- enervate
- enfeeble
- etherize
- eviscerate
- exhaust
- extenuate
- foment
- freeze
- kayo
- lay
- lenify
- lessen
- lighten
- lull
- mat
- mitigate
- moderate
- modulate
- mollify
- muffle
- mull
- mute
- narcotize
- neutralize
- numb
- obtund
- offset
- pad
- palliate
- palsy
- paralyze
- poultice
- rattle
- reduce
- relieve
- restrain
- salve
- sap
- shake
- slacken
- slake
- smother
- sober
- soft-pedal
- soften
- soothe
- stifle
- stop
- stun
- stupefy
- subdue
- suppress
- tame
- temper
- unbrace
- undermine
- underplay
- unman
- unnerve
- unstring
- weaken