verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a deafening explosion (= extremely loud )
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The building collapsed in a deafening explosion.
deafening (= very loud )
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The sound of the waterfall was deafening.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
deafening silence
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Activists criticized the state's deafening silence on the issue of immigration.
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All that remained on the barren expanse was a deafening silence.
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But while those hotspots are continuously monitored by diplomats and the media, the Chechen misery prompts nothing but a deafening silence.
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Once again the answer was a deafening silence.
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The most extraordinary feature of the Opposition's response has been the deafening silence of their principal spokesman in relation to the proposals.
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We submitted a carefully considered response at the end of June, since when there has been a deafening silence. 3.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We were deafened by the explosion.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Lampard was briefly stunned and deafened so that he couldn't hear himself.
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The roar of the water deafened them.