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1 abstumpfen
(trennb., -ge-)I v/t (hat)II v/i (ist) und v/refl (hat)* * *(Mensch) to deaden; to dull;(Werkzeug) to blunt* * *ạb|stump|fen ['apʃtʊmpfn] sep1. vi aux sein(fig Geschmack etc) to become dulledwenn man ewig dasselbe machen muss, stumpft man nach und nach ab — always having to do the same thing dulls the mind
er ist als Kritiker abgestumpft — his critical sensibilities have become blunted
2. vt1) Menschen, Sinne to deaden; Gerechtigkeitssinn, Gewissen, Urteilsvermögen to dullSee:→ auch abgestumpft2) (lit) Ecken, Kanten to blunt; Messer, Schneide to take the edge off, to blunt* * *(to make less sharp: This knife has been blunted by years of use.) blunt* * *ab|stump·fenI. vt Hilfsverb: haben1. (stumpf machen)▪ etw \abstumpfen to blunt sth2. (gleichgültig machen)der ständige Reizüberfluss stumpft die Menschen immer mehr ab constant stimulation is blunting people's senses3. CHEM, TECH▪ etw \abstumpfen to neutralize sthII. vi Hilfsverb: sein* * *1.(fig.) transitives Verb deaden2.intransitives Verb; mit sein* * *abstumpfen (trennb, -ge-)A. v/t (hat)B. v/i (ist) und v/r (hat)* * *1.(fig.) transitives Verb deaden2.intransitives Verb; mit sein* * *v.to blunt (to) v.to deaden v.
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