If you describe a noise as ~, you mean that it is very loud and deep.
The audience responded with ~ applause.
= deafening
ADJ: usu ADJ n
If you describe a noise as ~, you mean that it is very loud and deep.
The audience responded with ~ applause.
= deafening
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012