deafening

adj

1. Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss.

   “At that instant, Eragon's back ruptured in an explosion of agony so intense, he experienced it with all five senses: as a deafening, crashing waterfall of sound; a metallic taste that coated his tongue; an acrid, eye-watering stench in his nostrils, redolent of vinegar; pulsing colors; and, above all, the feeling that Durza had just laid open his back.”

   “But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater.”

2. (excessive)Very loud.

   “At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of deafen

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)pugging
2. (countable, uncountable)The process by which something is deafened.

   “Film and dance theory offer a productive vocabulary for considering the effects of these mutings and deafenings.”