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deafendeaf‧en /ˈdefən/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEdeafen |
Present | I, you, we, they | deafen | | he, she, it | deafens | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | deafened | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have deafened | | he, she, it | has deafened | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had deafened | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will deafen | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have deafened |
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Present | I | am deafening | | he, she, it | is deafening | | you, we, they | are deafening | Past | I, he, she, it | was deafening | | you, we, they | were deafening | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been deafening | | he, she, it | has been deafening | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been deafening | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be deafening | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been deafening |
- We were deafened by the explosion.
- Lampard was briefly stunned and deafened so that he couldn't hear himself.
- The roar of the water deafened them.
► a deafening explosion (=extremely loud)· The building collapsed in a deafening explosion. ► deafening sound (=very loud)· The sound of the waterfall was deafening. 1if a noise deafens you, it is so loud that you cannot hear anything else2to make someone go deafGRAMMAR Deafen is often used in the passive. |