blunting

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Blunt \Blunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blunting.]

1.To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

2.To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings. [1913 Webster]