"deafen" meaning in English

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    },
    {
      "form": "deafens",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deafened",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deafened",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deafening",
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        "present",
        "participle"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "text": "The flash temporarily blinded him, and he was deafened by the roar."
        },
        {
          "text": "He was suddenly awakened by a deafening crash."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If a sound deafens you, it is so loud that it makes you lose your hearing."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My request for additional funds was met with a deafening silence."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A deafening silence is failure to get a reply or reaction when one is needed or expected."
      ],
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈdɛfən/"
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  "word": "deafen"
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      "form": "deafen",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deafens",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deafened",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deafened",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deafening",
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        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "The flash temporarily blinded him, and he was deafened by the roar."
        },
        {
          "text": "He was suddenly awakened by a deafening crash."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If a sound deafens you, it is so loud that it makes you lose your hearing."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My request for additional funds was met with a deafening silence."
        }
      ],
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        "A deafening silence is failure to get a reply or reaction when one is needed or expected."
      ]
    }
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