deafened
- v be unbearably loud
- v make or render deaf
- v make soundproof
- s caused to hear poorly or not at all
- Full of hatred for dictatorship, pious faith in democracy, Valtin said that he had been deafened by the blow of a Nazi whip, would never "fall alive again into the hands of Hitler .
- A newsman was deafened, temporarily at least, when struck on the ear by a cantaloupe.
- The powerful explosion that followed temporarily deafened Kaddar, tore a hole in the desk, and fatally wounded Shachori in the stomach and chest.