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deaf-and-dumb |
deaf-and-dumb person |
deaf-mute |
deaf-muteness |
deaf-mutism |
deafen
| deafened
| deafening
| deafness
| deal
| deal out
deafen
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb deafen has 3 senses
- deafen(v = verb.perception) Array - be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise" Sample sentences:
- deafen(v = verb.perception) deaf - make or render deaf; "a deafening noise" is one way to desensitise, desensitize
- deafen(v = verb.change) Array - make soundproof; "deafen a room" is one way to break, damp, dampen, soften, weaken
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
OXFORD DICTIONARY
deafen, v.tr.
1 (often as deafening adj.) overpower with sound.
2 deprive of hearing by noise, esp. temporarily.
1 (often as deafening adj.) overpower with sound.
2 deprive of hearing by noise, esp. temporarily.
Derivative
deafeningly adv.
THESAURUS
deafen
awake the dead, baffle, blast, blast the ear, boom, crash, crescendo, cushion, damp, dampen, deaden, din, dull, fill the air, muffle, mute, peal, rattle the windows, rend the air, rend the ears, resound, ring, rise, rock the sky, soft-pedal, soften, split the eardrums, split the ears, startle the echoes, stop, stun, subdue, surge, swell, thunder, tone downROGET THESAURUS
deafen
Loudness
VB be loud, peal, swell, clang, boom, thunder, blare, fulminate, roar, resound, speak up, shout, bellow, rend the air, rend the skies, fill the air, din in the ear, ring in the ear, thunder in the ear, pierce the ears, split the ears, rend the ears, split the head, deafen, stun, faire le diable a quatre, make one's windows shake, rattle the windows, awaken the echoes, startle the echoes, wake the dead.Deafness
VB be deaf, have no ear, shut one's ears, stop one's ears, close one's ears, turn a deaf ear to, render deaf, stun, deafen.
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