Deafen

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  • intransitive verb. To make deaf, especially momentarily by a loud noise.
  • intransitive verb. To make soundproof.
  • intransitive verb. To cause permanent or momentary deafness.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make deaf; deprive of the power of hearing.
  • To stun; render incapable of perceiving or discriminating sounds distinctly: as, to be deafened with clamor or tumult.
  • In architecture, to render impervious to sound (as a door or a partition) by means of sound-boarding or pugging.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.
  • transitive verb. To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently
  • verb. To make soundproof
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make or render deaf
  • verb. be unbearably loud
  • verb. make soundproof
    • cross-reference
    drown  
    Form
    deafened  deafening  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    break  damp  dampen  desensitise  desensitize  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    death-stricken  frightened-looking  glassy-eyed  grey-faced  half-asleep  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    awake the dead  baffle  blast  blast the ear  boom  
    verb-form
    deafened  deafening  deafens  
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