lull
luhl
- n a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished
- n a period of calm weather
there was a lull in the storm - v calm by deception
Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security - v become quiet or less intensive
the fighting lulled for a moment - v make calm or still
- Ronald Reagan's acting career hit a lull in the late 1940s.
- But the lull is deceptive, and it is probably best described by James Baldwin.
- War in Viet Nam has its own cruel rule: after any lull, the fighting resumes with much greater ferocity than before.