(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If a noise ~s you, it is so loud that you cannot hear anything else at the same time.
The noise of the typewriters ~ed her.
VERB: V n
2.
If you are ~ed by something, you are made deaf by it, or are unable to hear for some time.
He was ~ed by the noise from the gun.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
3.
see also ~ing