Object

• edge: The millennia do not blunt the edge of ancient literature.

• instrument: National legislation is far too blunt an instrument for that purpose.

• response: The effects of LHRH stimulation were investigated in six FMS patients and six controls and disclosed a significantly blunted response of LH in FMS.

• impact: The secret of not breathing is to blunt the impact of the stretch receptors.

• force: Most television critics refuse to take the medium too seriously, thereby blunting the force of their own criticism.

• point: However, by blunting the point of the Sword, we'd bought the entire division time to regroup.

Modifies a noun

• arete: Continue up the corner groove, or climb the blunt arête to its left.

• arete: Start just right of The Roman Nose, below a blunt arete with two obvious flakes.

• dissection: In most cases, blunt dissection only is required.

• trauma: The medical examiner ruled Clements ' cause of death blunt trauma to the head.

• snout: Their faces are very peculiar, with eyes positioned backward in the head close to very small ears and long, blunt snouts.

• rib: Pass to the left of the second bolt to gain a very blunt rib.

Modifying Another Word

• fairly: My reaction to such a situation would be fairly blunt.

• rather: The head is fairly small in proportion to the body, with a broad brow and a rather blunt muzzle.

• equally: Six weeks to the day after an equally blunt refusal.

• too: His agenda is too clear; his sensibilities too blunt.

• relatively: Litigation through judicial review is a relatively blunt instrument.

• quite: To be quite blunt, the level of debate around here is simply in the gutter.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Blades usually lose their set before becoming blunt, by being trapped in the felling cuts of trees.

• get: I lent him, grudgingly, my special screw cutting tool with instructions not to let it get blunt.