THESAURUS
deafen
awake the dead, baffle, blast, blast the ear, boom, crash, crescendo, cushion, damp, dampen, deaden, din, dull, fill the air, muffle, mute, peal, rattle the windows, rend the air, rend the ears, resound, ring, rise, rock the sky, soft-pedal, soften, split the eardrums, split the ears, startle the echoes, stop, stun, subdue, surge, swell, thunder, tone down
ROGET THESAURUS
deafen
Loudness
VB
be loud, peal, swell, clang, boom, thunder, blare, fulminate, roar, resound, speak up, shout, bellow, rend the air, rend the skies, fill the air, din in the ear, ring in the ear, thunder in the ear, pierce the ears, split the ears, rend the ears, split the head,
deafen, stun, faire le diable a quatre, make one's windows shake, rattle the windows, awaken the echoes, startle the echoes, wake the dead.
Deafness
VB
be deaf, have no ear, shut one's ears, stop one's ears, close one's ears, turn a deaf ear to, render deaf, stun,
deafen.