v. To reduce the edge or effects of; to mitigate; to dull.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To dull; blunt; quell; deaden; reduce the pungency or violent action of anything.
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v. reduce the edge or violence of
Word Usage
"Here Claudia formed the habit of drinking much more wine than was good for her: and she did it to blunt her sensibility; to obtund the sharpness of her heartache; to give her sleep."