damped
- Verb. (past of, damp) .
- Adjective. (context, of an extinguished fire) stopped from smouldering and reigniting by the application of water.
- Adjective. (physics) (''of an oscillation'') that decreases in amplitude over time, especially because of the use of a damper.
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