amortecer

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to absorb shock
 * 2)  to numb to cause to become numb
 * 3)  to become numb
 * 4) to deaden; to muffle
 * 1)  to become numb
 * 2) to deaden; to muffle
 * 1) to deaden; to muffle