Meanings (ES + gloss)
desafilar • deslustrar • embotar • enromar • mellar
To render dull; to remove or blunt an edge or something that was sharp.
This […] dulled their swords.
Years of misuse have dulled the tools.
alivianar • aliviar • amortiguar • apagar • atenuar • moderar
To soften, moderate or blunt; to make dull, stupid, or sluggish; to stupefy.
He drinks to dull the pain.
Those [drugs] she has / Will stupefy and dull the sense a while.
desafilarse • embotarse • enromarse
To lose a sharp edge; to become dull.
A razor will dull with use.
Phrases