damps
Lessens or wets
Damps is the third-person singular verb form of damp, meaning to reduce or restrain: The rain damps the dust.
More commonly, damps appears in mining terminology as a noun—dangerous gases that accumulate underground, especially after explosions or in poorly ventilated shafts: firedamp, blackdamp, afterdamp.
These vapors could suffocate or poison miners before modern ventilation.
Makes less in quantity
- diminishesBecomes smaller or weaker
- deadensReduces force or feeling
- mufflesSuppresses sound
- subduesOvercomes and controls
attenuates · lessens · moderates · tempers · softens · weakens · curbs · restrains
Simplest alkane fuel
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- canaryYellow caged songbird
coalmine · shaft · underground · toxic · suffocation · carbon dioxide · hazard · detector
Repeated back-and-forth movement
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- shock absorberImpact-dampening suspension component
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- cushioningSoftening force or fall
buffering · stabilizing · harmonics · frequency · amplitude · piano · strings · mechanical
reduces
Makes less in quantity
- diminishesBecomes smaller or weaker
- deadensReduces force or feeling
- mufflesSuppresses sound
subdues · attenuates · lessens · moderates · tempers · softens · weakens · curbs · restrains · checks
methane
Simplest alkane fuel
- gasFormless, expanding substance
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- explosionViolent burst of energy
canary · coalmine · shaft · underground · toxic · suffocation · carbon dioxide · hazard · detector · safety lamp
oscillation
Repeated back-and-forth movement
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- shock absorberImpact-dampening suspension component
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
cushioning · buffering · stabilizing · harmonics · frequency · amplitude · piano · strings · mechanical · spring
wets
Makes damp
- humidifiesIncreases air moisture
- spraysDisperses liquid finely
- mistsThin airborne water droplets
sprinkles · hydrates · saturates · soaks · dampens · waters · steams · sponges · rinses · drizzles
dampsdries
Loses moisture content
desiccates · dehydrates · parches · drains · evaporates
- put a damper onReduce enthusiasm or enjoyment
- damp clothMoistened fabric for wiping
- damp air
- damp skin
- putting a damper onDiminishing enthusiasm or enjoyment
- damp earth
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