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Vocabulary Entry

deafening

|adjective • verb
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adjective

Extremely loud or overwhelming.

Example Sentences

"The deafening roar of the crowd made it hard to hear anything else."

"We had to shout to be heard over the deafening noise of the construction work."

"The music was so deafening that I couldn't think straight."

verb

To make (someone) unable to hear; to overwhelm with noise.

Example Sentences

"The explosion deafened everyone within a hundred meters."

"The party was so loud it seemed to deafeningly dominate the neighborhood."

"He was deafened by the blaring sirens of the emergency vehicles."

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