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pain. 2 weaken, moderate, soothe, mitigate, assuage, reduce,
lessen, diminish, alleviate, cushion, soften, mollify, blunt,
dull: He took to drink to deaden the shock of losing his only
son.
deadlock n. 1 standstill, impasse, stalemate, stand-off, draw, stoppage,
Colloq US Mexican stand-off: Union and management negotiators
have reached a deadlock on the pension issue.
--v. 2 bring or come to a standstill or impasse, stall, stop,
halt: The Congress is likely to deadlock on the question of
expanding national health benefits.
deadly adj. 1 lethal, fatal; dangerous, pernicious, poisonous,
noxious, toxic; baleful, harmful, nocuous: This drug is deadly
if taken in large doses. 2 mortal, implacable, ruthless,
savage: They were deadly enemies long after the war was over.
3 murderous, homicidal, bloodthirsty, brutal, vicious,
ferocious, barbarous, barbaric, savage, inhuman, cold-blooded,
heartless, ruthless, pitiless, merciless: Two deadly killers
have escaped from Dartmoor prison. 4 deathly, deathlike, pale,
pallid, ghostly, cadaverous, ghastly, wan, white, livid, ashen:
He turned a deadly hue, as if he had seen a ghost. 5 boring,
excruciating, dull, tiresome, tedious, dreary, humdrum,
lacklustre, wearying, wearisome: It was a deadly play put on by
deadly actors. 6 exact, precise, accurate, true, unerring,
unfailing: Each arrow hit the bull's-eye with deadly accuracy.
deaf adj. 1 hard of hearing, stone-deaf: Sean is slightly deaf in
his left ear. 2 unhearing, unheedful, heedless, insensible,
insensitive, impervious, indifferent, oblivious, unresponsive,
unmoved, unconcerned, unyielding: The judge was deaf to all
appeals for clemency.
deal v. 1 distribute, dole out, give out, parcel out, mete out,
allot, apportion, administer, dispense: Deal thirteen cards to
each of the four players. She dealt out her own brand of justice
to criminals. 2 buy and sell, handle, stock, do business, trade,
traffic: This shop deals only in the most expensive linens. 3
behave, act, conduct oneself: Simon has never dealt openly, so
you mustn't trust him. 4 deal with. treat, handle, take care
of, have to do with, attend to, see to, reckon with, grapple
with, act on; practise, administer, engage in: I shall deal