Deafen (Verb)
Meaning 1
Make soundproof; "deafen a room".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The recording studio had been designed to deafen a room, ensuring outside noise didn't interfere with the sensitive equipment.
- They invested in heavy soundproofing materials to deafen the room from external distractions.
- In an effort to deafen the space from city noise, the new apartment building featured thick acoustic panels.
- The band rehearsed in a room specifically designed to deafen it from the rest of the building.
- The homeowners decided to deafen the room by covering the walls with sound-absorbing materials.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Meaning 3
Make or render deaf; "a deafening noise".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.