deafening

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈdɛfənɪŋ(ɡ)/

Adjective

deafening

1. Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.
2. (hyperbole) Very loud.

Related terms

• deaf
• deafen

Translations

• French: assourdissant
• German: ohrenbetäubend, ohrenzerreißend
• Italian: assordante
• Portuguese: ensurdecedor
• Russian: оглушительный
• Spanish: ensordecedor

Verb

1. present participle of deafen#English|deafen

Noun

deafening

1. (architecture) pugging
2. The process by which something is deafened.
   • 2012, Gary Taylor, ‎Trish Thomas Henley, The Oxford Handbook of Thomas Middleton (page 338)

     Film and dance theory offer a productive vocabulary for considering the effects of these mutings and deafenings.

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