
1) Checks 2) Chokes; stifles 3) Deadens 4) Deadens acoustically 5) Digital amps 6) Extinguishes 7) Extinguishes a fire 8) Gets a little water on 9) Lessens in intensity 10) Makes less intense 11) Mine gases 12) Moistens 13) Muffles 14) Reduces in intensity 15) Regulates the furnace 16) Retards the action 
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 Damage-associated molecular pattern molecules (DAMPs) also known as danger-associated molecular pattern molecules, are molecules that can initiate and perpetuate immune response in the noninfectious inflammatory response. (In contrast, Pathogen-associated molecular pattern molecules (PAMPs) initiate and perpetuate the infectious pathogen inflammat...
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Digital AMPS
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Any dangerous vapours in caves, mines etc. 
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