\\\"his gums were dead from the novocain\\\"
\\\"she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth\\\"
\\\"a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities\\\"
made or become less intense;
\\\"the deadened pangs of hunger\\\"
造句
The thick walls deadened the noise from the street. 這道厚墻隔絕了街上的噪音。