"blunts" in the verb sense

1. blunt

make less intense

"blunted emotions"

2. numb, benumb, blunt, dull

make numb or insensitive

"The shock numbed her senses"

3. dull, blunt

make dull or blunt

"Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

4. blunt

make less sharp

"blunt the knives"

5. deaden, blunt

make less lively, intense, or vigorous impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

"Terror blunted her feelings"

"deaden a sound"

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