(Of noise) greatly reduce (6)

I believe the answer is:

muffle

(Other definitions for muffle that I've seen before include "damp" , "Envelop" , "Smother sound" , "quiet" , "Suppress sound as with silencer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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