Deaden
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle. To become less lively; to diminish (by itself). To make soundproof.
Girdle
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To gird, encircle, or constrain by such means.To kill or stunt a tree by removing or inverting a ring of bark.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: That which girds, encircles, or encloses; a circumferenceA belt; especially, a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist, often used to support stockings or hosiery.The zodiac; also, the equator.The line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond, at which it is grasped by the setting.A thin bed or stratum of stone.The clitellum of an earthworm.
Example sentence: In every movie, there's always some physical thing that triggers the character for me. In 'The Long Walk Home,' it was the girdle. Every time I'd put that girdle on, I'd feel my character wiggle to life.