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deafenings

deafenings is the plural of deafening.

Meaning of deafening

Noun

deafening (countable and uncountable, plural deafenings)

  1. pugging
  2. The process by which something is deafened.
    • Film and dance theory offer a productive vocabulary for considering the effects of these mutings and deafenings.2012, Gary Taylor, Trish Thomas Henley, The Oxford Handbook of Thomas Middleton, page 338

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Questions about deafenings

What is deafenings the plural of?
Deafenings is the plural of deafening.

Words near deafenings in the dictionary

  1. deafening
  2. deafening silence
  3. deafening silences
  4. deafeningly
  5. deafeningness
  6. deafenings
  7. deafens
  8. deafer
  9. deafest
  10. deafferenation
  11. deafferent

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