- present participle of deafen.
deafening
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Ever since he became a lightning rod at the last World Cup, the noise around Reyna had been deafening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
Vijay Sengal still remembers the deafening sound when the plane came down.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Those who were standing comprised the capacity audience, their cheers deafening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Arman had just sat down to eat when a deafening sound erupted.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
“On the walls? Dragon,” shouted the wizard called Horace, as, with a deafening grinding and tinkling, the chandelier screwed itself back into the ceiling.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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