deafened; deafening
ˈde-fə-niŋ 
ˈdef-niŋ
; deafens
: to make permanently or temporarily deaf
was deafened by the explosion
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But in the wake of an afternoon at Seattle’s deafening Lumen Field that should have propelled the Rams to the Super Bowl, this is one of those times.
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Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Jacek Boczarski | Anadolu | Getty Images Some tech leaders are beginning to speak out after the shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, but the silence from the most notable names in the industry is deafening.
—Lola Murti,jennifer Elias, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
This year, by contrast, the silence around climate action has been deafening.
—Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Night in the steppe is deafening.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
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Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2026
Jacek Boczarski | Anadolu | Getty Images Some tech leaders are beginning to speak out after the shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, but the silence from the most notable names in the industry is deafening.
—Lola Murti,jennifer Elias, CNBC, 26 Jan. 2026
This year, by contrast, the silence around climate action has been deafening.
—Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Night in the steppe is deafening.
—Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Deafen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deafen. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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