deafen
Example Sentences
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One eyewitness told RTL News that they had heard a "deafening bang" and that " everything in the alley was destroyed".
From BBC
“When these podcasters walk on stage … it’s deafening. I have to put my hands over my ears. And I’ve done that many times.”
From Los Angeles Times
The winning runs came off the thigh pad of Harry Brook, drawing a deafening roar from the corner of England supporters at the end of a breathtaking day.
From BBC
The book’s most edifying compilations recount the Soviet people’s unconquerable yearning to live, create and love freely, despite the daily menaces of a police state and deafening propaganda.
But, it's also about arresting a run of two straight defeats for new Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy with the deafening din of fan unrest bellowing towards the club's board.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
