Akademik

obtund
I verb abate, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, assuage, benumb, blunt, calm, deaden, desensitize, dull, ease, impair the force of, make blunt, make less violent, mitigate, moderate, modulate, numb, palliate, quell, quiet, reduce the edge, reduce the violence, soften, take the edge off, weaken II index assuage, impair, palliate (abate), soothe, subdue

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006