deafen
1 synonym for deafen, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To cause someone to lose their hearing, briefly or for good.
Etymology
Formed from deaf and -en (verbal suffix). Compare Middle English deven, deaven ("to make deaf"), Old English ādēafian ("to deafen"), and Old English ādȳfan, Dutch verdoven ("to stupefy, deafen"), German betäuben ("to stun, stupefy, deafen").
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