deadening

🇺🇸 /ˈdednɪŋ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈdednɪŋ/
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causing something to become less intense or less noticeable

The heavy fog had a deadening effect on the city's noise.

translation

adj. causing something to become less intense or less noticeable