Definition of "blunting" [blunting]

• Present participle of blunt. (verb)

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• "If other countries were to pursue the policies which Canada has pursued now for a hundred years in blunting the natural course of specialization and comparative advantage in international trade, Canada would be an economic wasteland."
• "Zoe was a proud, spoiled, petted beauty, and had led a prosperous life, which goes for a great deal in blunting the moral perceptions both of men and women."
• "Obama’s campaign emphasis on getting out of Iraq and beefing up Afghanistan was effective in blunting possible attacks that he was just a weak liberal, but the campaign is over now and I don’t see how we succeed in his plan."