deafen
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Definition of deafen
: to make deaf was deafened by the explosion
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Civil rights are being violated, yet the silence from organizations such as the NAACP, now calling for a conversation on Cuban use of blackface, is deafening. — Fabiola Santiago, miamiherald, "A conversation about racism in Miami should include all groups – not just Cubans," 1 June 2018 Ballard at one point just sat and smiled as the cheers on the other end of the phone were deafening. — Joseph Spears, Indianapolis Star, "Here's what the Colts told Quenton Nelson just before drafting him," 27 Apr. 2018 Your hair stands on end, your teeth chatter, and your ears are deafened as the thunderous roar shakes your house and rattles the window panes. — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, "Bolts from the blue: Here’s how lightning can strike when a storm is tens of miles away," 27 June 2018 Particularly interesting are the mea culpas from Serreze and fellow scientists who chased scientific red herrings or, deafened by the din of natural climate variability, misread the data. — Ashley Shelby, New York Times, "To the Poles — Before They Started Melting," 15 June 2018 Beneath the crypto industry’s deafening hype and bubbly scams, an economy of promoters is thriving. — Erin Griffith, WIRED, "The Hustlers Fueling Cryptocurrency’s Marketing Machine," 12 June 2018 Once the gerbils learned this behavior, scientists deafened the animals, causing them to become unresponsive to the loudspeaker. — Justin Chen, STAT, "Pulses of light restored hearing in gerbils. Could that lead to higher-tech cochlear implants?," 11 July 2018 The collective hand-wringing over Yu Darvish in Chicago is almost deafening. — Michael Beller, SI.com, "Yu Darvish is Tweaking His Mechanics to Try and Escape His Early-Season Struggles," 18 May 2018 With all of England's games held at Wembley, support for the home side was deafening and made the difference in all three tight knockout matches. — SI.com, "5 Times Home Support Seriously Counted at the World Cup," 31 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deafen.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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deafen
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English Language Learners Definition of deafen
: to make (someone) unable to hear
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Kids Definition of deafen
: to make unable to hear We were deafened by the explosion.
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