deafen

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdɛfən/

Verb

deafen (deafens, present participle deafening; past and past participle deafened)

1. (transitive) To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently.
2. (transitive) To make soundproof.

   to deafen a wall or a floor

3. (transitive, rare, dialectal, sometimes, figurative) To stun, as with noise.
   • 1855, Macaulay

     Racine left the ground […] deafened, dazzled and tired to death.

Translations

• French: assourdir
• German: betäuben
• Portuguese: ensurdecer
• Russian: оглуша́ть
• Spanish: ensordecer

Translations

• Russian: заглуши́ть

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