deafen in English

verb
1
cause (someone) to lose the power of hearing permanently or temporarily.
we were deafened by the explosion
synonyms:make deafdeprive of hearingimpair someone's hearing
verb
  • make deafdeprive of hearingimpair someone's hearing
  • deaf

Use "deafen" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "deafen" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "deafen", or refer to the context using the word "deafen" in the English Dictionary.

1. Did he deafen you?

2. This noise will deafen us all!

3. These inputs deafen and blind us to reality.

4. Soon it is loud enough to deafen those in the towers, who cover their ears.

5. In a station they are silent: there is no steam to produce noise to deafen the passengers. Sentencedict.com

6. Despite being pressured by her over a period of time, Joseph did not allow her voice to deafen him to the voice of God.

7. Starting from Zhongshan Road, drink a cup of hot thick tea, bounded by bristly shop open deafen the ear with its roar sound.

8. And some have the long-range acoustic device, a sound cannon that can be used to issue verbal warnings, or deafen anyone who stands in its path.

9. She was somewhat aroused by it, knotted her hair upon her ears in order to deafen herself, and resumed her contemplation, on her knees, of the inanimate object which she had adored for fifteen years.