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Deafen

Deafen Meaning & Definition
Deafen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Deafen?

[v] make soundproof; "deafen a room"
[v] make or render deaf
[v] be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Deafen: deaf

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | soften | soft-pedal | split the eardrums | split the ears | startle the echoes | stop | stun | subdue | surge | swell | thunder | tone down

See Also | break | damp | dampen | desensitise | desensitize | make noise | noise | resound | soften | weaken

Deafen In Webster's Dictionary

\Deaf"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deafened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deafening}.] [From {Deaf}.] 1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly. Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries. --Addison. 2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.

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