To blunt: v.tr. (word coming from foam).
The word dull has several meanings:
1. Make less sharp, less sharp (blunt).
To blunt a foil (to speckle).
Dull weapons.
Tool point, blunt pencil lead, made less sharp with use.
2. Figurative meaning: To make less lively, less penetrating, less incisive (synonyms: weaken, dampen, attenuate, deaden).
Dull someone's curiosity.
Pronominal: Desire that dulls.
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