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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deafen/ˈdefn/

▶verb make deaf.

■ (as adj. deafening) extremely loud.

■ (deafen someone to) (of a sound) make someone unaware of (other sounds).

– derivatives
deafeningly adverb.

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