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deafening

[def-uh-ning] / ˈdɛf ə nɪŋ /


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Those who were standing comprised the capacity audience, their cheers deafening.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The most painful part of waiting is not often not the delay itself, but the deafening silence as you sit looking at the clock ticking by.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

The 24-hour operation runs at a constant roar as machines grind rock at deafening volumes, its tunnels stretching for hundreds of kilometres beneath Poland's surface.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

"It was still anybody's game and the noise was deafening," said Banks.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

With the usual deafening scraping noise, the benches were moved back and the hundreds of students began to file out of the Great Hall toward their dormitories.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling




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