as in reduces
to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling
the mushy music blunted the effect of the movie's final tragic scene
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Recent Examples of blunts
Several studies show that dietary fiber blunts the blood sugar response, helping prevent spikes and dips.
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Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
27 May 2026
The cinematography drains vitality from even its most visually obvious ideas with lighting that blunts the impact of nearly every other department.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
By this decade, your body has started to naturally lose muscle mass, and putting on new muscle may be more difficult due to anabolic resistance, which blunts the muscle’s ability to respond to external stimuli like exercise and protein.
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Emma Loewe,
Outside,
1 Jan. 2026
For Sanders, landing and holding a blue-chip defensive back during a losing season is a massive recruiting win that blunts any narratives of recruits fleeing the program.
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Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
For Singh, Stargate blunts the essence of the Clayton Act by potentially eliminating competition down the road.
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Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
23 Nov. 2025
Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
27 May 2026
The cinematography drains vitality from even its most visually obvious ideas with lighting that blunts the impact of nearly every other department.
—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
By this decade, your body has started to naturally lose muscle mass, and putting on new muscle may be more difficult due to anabolic resistance, which blunts the muscle’s ability to respond to external stimuli like exercise and protein.
—
Emma Loewe,
Outside,
1 Jan. 2026
For Sanders, landing and holding a blue-chip defensive back during a losing season is a massive recruiting win that blunts any narratives of recruits fleeing the program.
—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2025
For Singh, Stargate blunts the essence of the Clayton Act by potentially eliminating competition down the road.
—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
23 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blunts
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Good posture helps prevent aches in the back, neck and shoulders, reduces joint wear and lowers the risk of sports injuries, according to Cleveland Clinic.
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Skipping the stove and oven also reduces indoor heat, so lean on cold sandwiches, salads and no-cook meals during the worst hours.
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And that difference matters, because the same adaptation that dulls our good experiences can dull a gratitude practice, too.
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His status as a third-round pick dulls how the Eagles view his potential to fulfill either question.
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This is the type of consistency that numbs fans from their love of the game.
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Cold water immersion constricts blood vessels, reduces swelling, numbs sore areas, and flushes lactic acid from the muscles.
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In most lakes oxygen content diminishes rapidly at depths below 35 feet.
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None of this diminishes the responsibility of wealthy countries.
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When the dollar weakens, commodity prices expressed in dollars tend to rise to maintain purchasing power parity for buyers operating in other currencies.
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But the corresponding upheaval is still catastrophic for any surrounding planets, which either get swallowed up by the expanding star, or drift into wider orbits as the star’s gravity weakens—some are flung out from the system entirely.
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As someone who enjoys gardening and beautifying my yard, one thing that always dampens my mood is the sight of weeds.
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El Nino often dampens — but doesn’t eliminate — Atlantic hurricane season activity, but increases it in the Pacific.
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Previous research has demonstrated that direct exposure to nature significantly reduces physiological stress, lowers heart rates and decreases levels of stress hormones, like cortisol.
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This risk decreases as the storm moves away.
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“Blunts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blunts. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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