amortir
Meanings
Verb
1. to cushion, absorb, soften (shock, blow etc.)
2. to deaden, muffle (noise)
3. to pay off, amortize; to redeem (a title) (finance)
4. to put an amortizement on (architecture)
Examples2
La neige a amorti ma chute.
The snow cushioned my fall.
Un auvent amortit sa chute et lui sauva la vie.
An awning broke his fall and saved his life.