blunting

verb

Definition of bluntingnext
present participle of blunt
as in reducing
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 Synonyms for blunting
  1. reducing
  2. diminishing
  3. weakening
  4. deadening
  5. dampening
Verb
  • Alternative Minimum Tax The AMT is a secondary tax put in place to prevent taxpayers—specifically, those with high incomes—from reducing their tax bill through the use of tax preference items like deductions.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Pauses also play a critical role in reducing chronic stress.
    Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of reducing
Verb
  • The area bounded by Vincennes, Terre Haute, Muncie and Kokomo saw a general eight to 12 inches with snowfall amounts diminishing to just a few inches northwest towards Lafayette.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
  • However, as detection systems improve using things like quantum sensors, AI, and multi-domain networks, the effectiveness of such stealth measures is diminishing.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of diminishing
Verb
  • Instead of weakening, the civic movement gathered speed.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The technical picture is weakening The stock's behavior is weak, as shown in the chart below.
    John S. Tobey, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of weakening
Verb
  • Philips’ problems first surfaced publicly in June 2021, when the company warned that the noise-deadening foam lining its equipment, mostly CPAP machines, could break apart, sending potentially toxic particles and fumes into users’ throats and lungs.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Her days increasingly consisted of soul-deadening meetings and consultations.
    David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of deadening
Verb
  • Recent years have been challenging for IPOs across sectors, with rising interest rates and economic uncertainty dampening investor appetite for new public offerings.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And with housing prices and mortgage rates remaining stubbornly high, many prospective home buyers have been forced to wait on the sidelines, dampening demand for a wide range of products and services that come with outfitting a new property.
    Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of dampening
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blunting

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