obtund

transitive verb

To make less intense; dull or deaden.

To dull; blunt; quell; deaden; reduce the pungency or violent action of anything.

transitive verb

To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell.

verb

To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.

verb

reduce the edge or violence of