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deafen

verb as in make deaf

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Now that it is in our face with construction plans for a gaudy ballroom for the elites, as food assistance for hungry children is threatened, Republicans’ faint criticism is even more deafening in its impotence.

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"There is this noise around parental rights but a deafening silence around children's rights."

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The applause from America’s wise men and women would have been deafening if someone else had said these words.

Nearly the same scene repeated itself in the fourth inning, two strikeouts followed by a deafening home run against Chad Patrick.

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His victory was met with a deafening cheer from the hometown crowd; who had earlier sung along to every word as he performed the title track of his prize-winning album.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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