(a.) Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
(a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
(a.) Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
(a.) Hard to impress or penetrate.
(v. t.) To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) A fencer's foil.
(n.) A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
(n.) Money.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hepatic enzyme elevations were more dramatic after blunt trauma, reflecting greater hepatocellular disruption.
(2) The Metoclopramide-induced secretion of prolactin and aldosterone was blunted in 6 patients pretreated with 200 mg ibopamine.
(3) The computer tomographic appearances of lesions of parenchymatous organs following blunt abdominal trauma are described in 13 patients (five liver, four renal, two splenic and two pancreatic injuries).
(4) Last November he bluntly warned EU chiefs he could, if he wished, “flood Europe” with refugees.
(5) Persons with clinical abdominal findings, shock, altered sensorium, and severe chest injuries after blunt trauma should undergo the procedure.
(6) Blunt trauma to the epigastrum may result in a retroperitoneal hematoma involving the head of the pancreas and descending duodenum.
(7) The changes included swelling, blunting, and flattening of epithelial foot processes, were accompanied by decreased stainability of glomerular anionic sites, and were largely reversed by subsequent perfusion with the polyanion heparin.
(8) Addition of Ni2+ prior to TRH blunted the component of the TRH-induced transient increase in [Ca2+]i dependent on influx of Ca2+.
(9) As previously reported, patients with affective disorders show a blunted GH response to clonidine.
(10) Blunt homicide predominated amongst White females, who were substantially older than the Coloured and African subjects.
(11) A comparison of two different restriction enzymes, which cleave the plasmid with blunt or cohesive-ended double-strand breaks, did not reveal differences in repair fidelity.
(12) The prognosis was better following blunt trauma, stretch injuries and after a spontaneous onset.
(13) Seventeen (77%) of the injuries were due to penetrating trauma and five (23%) were due to blunt trauma.
(14) The cortisol response to insulin-induced hypoglycemia and exogenous ACTH appeared to be blunted in these patients.
(15) Vagal blockade reversibly inhibited the rise of plasma PP and significantly blunted the elevation of plasma VIP.
(16) But the drugs chief, Julio Calzada, is blunt: " For 50 years, we have tried to tackle the drug problem with only one tool – penalisation – and that has failed .
(17) Average increases in resting metabolic expenditure for a group of patients following elective operation, skeletal trauma, skeletal trauma with head injury, blunt trauma, sepsis and burns were determined by indirect calorimetry and protein need by urinary nitrogen losses over extended time periods.
(18) The indication for angiography in children accident patients with blunt trauma must be set up carefully.
(19) Arterial occlusion or stenosis due to blunt trauma is rare.
(20) Also, the initial rise in V1 was blunted or blocked in all subjects.
Uncivil
Definition:
(a.) Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
(a.) Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior.
Example Sentences:
(1) Uncivil Union Subtitled “comedy for equality”, this benefit raises money for the Ally Coalition and New Alternatives , charities focused on ending discrimination against the LGBTQ community and supporting LGBTQ youths.
(2) The uncivil war between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown often generated bad headlines – even when most journalists underappreciated just how toxic that relationship had become.
(3) Once again, the territory inhabited by the “uncivilized” has been shelled so the west can try out its new lethal toys.
(4) This suggests that no one should be surprised at uncivilized acts emanating from the country.” Sun enjoys enormous celebrity status in China , and his supporters were predictably disappointed when he lost to Horton in the 400m freestyle on Saturday.
(5) The wolf is something threatening now: the wild, unpredictable element in dogs; an uncivilized mirror of man; a pernicious competitor for livestock.
(6) Ahmadinejad's speech was unusually esoteric for a UN session and made only one political reference to Israel, when he denounced what he called the "hegemony of arrogance" of the world's dominant powers, and said the "continued threat by the uncivilized Zionists to resort to military action against our great nation is a clear example of this bitter reality".
(7) More than half reported an increase in uncivil political discourse, and more than a third observed an increase in anti-Muslim or anti-immigrant sentiment.
(8) Religion and race are [an] invention of the savage and uncivil people.” Wafi Chowdhury, a schoolfriend of Samad, said: “Nazim had lived in hostels since grade six and later moved to a shared room after he joined university.” Samad had deactivated his Facebook account about a month ago at the request of his family, but Chowdhury added: “I remember him telling me he would come back on Facebook soon with a grin.” Shamir Chandra Sutradhar, an investigations officer at Sutrapur police in Dhaka, told the Guardian: “His stay in Dhaka has been only two months.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cannes 2014: Mr Turner’s Timothy Spall: ‘I like to paint angels in anguish’ - video interview For those who know little about Turner’s life, it’s a jolt to accept that the creator of paintings of genius was a faulty bloke with an intermittently uncivil tongue, a tendency to grunt and a contradictory attitude towards women.
(10) Their contempt didn’t last long, and a new era of aerial warfare, especially against “uncivilized” peoples, began.
(11) But you won't forgive yourself if you set things up for a second generation of the Blair-Brown uncivil wars.