Deafen

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deafen \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.
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              Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries.
                                                    --Addison.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deafen
       v 1: be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise"
       2: make or render deaf; "a deafening noise" [syn: {deaf}]
       3: make soundproof; "deafen a room"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "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, soft-pedal,
     soften, split the eardrums, split the ears, startle the echoes,
     stop, stun, subdue, surge, swell, thunder, tone down