deadening

That sounds dramatic until you study the rise of fascism throughout history, which has always required a slow deadening, numbing and apathy in people.

And the shine from his latest gold medal hasn’t come close to deadening.

But it also has a deadening clockwork quality.

I’m reluctant to embrace that particular stay-in-your-lane logic, which is ultimately deadening to the cause of art and empathy.

Yet serious hurt that goes unacknowledged leads to the accumulation of resentment and a deadening of the relationship.