Synonyms for deafening
ˈdɛf ə nɪŋdeaf·en·ing

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1. deafening, earsplitting, thunderous, thunderyadjective

   loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

   Synonyms:
   earsplitting, thunderous, thundery

   Antonyms:
   soft

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1. Brandon Smith:

   I imagine it was deafening for those in its path, we're used to snow and that doesn't bother us but to see that type of weather just shocked everyone.

2. Stella Parton:

   [ People are ] afraid if they say anything it will open a Pandora's box... in this town, there's a code of silence that is deafening. You can hear a pin drop in this town.

3. Thom Yorke:

   The people who should be held accountable are still not being held accountable, the silence is f---ing deafening.

4. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy:

   Congress has become complicit in these murders by its total, unconscionable deafening silence, this doesn't have to happen but this epidemic will continue without end if Congress continues to sit on its hands and do nothing – again.

5. Brendan Fraser:

   I don’t know if this curried disfavor with the group, with the HFPA. But the silence was deafening.