deafening

/dˈɛfənɪŋ/

/ˈdɛfənɪŋ/, /ˈdɛfnɪŋ/

deafening

(of a sound) too loud in a way that nothing else can be heard

Examples

1. It's deafening, man.

2. And there was this gigantic deafening pause.

3. Seriously, the noise was so deafening, you couldn't believe it was driving right on the sidewalk.

4. The four Rolls-Royce Olympus 593 engines produced huge amounts of power, which caused them to generate a deafening noise.