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  • 111thunder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. shout, bellow; resound, peal, boom, roar, roll, crash. See loudness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. crash, peal, outburst, explosion, boom, booming, roar, rumble, clap, crack, discharge, thunderbolt, uproar …

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  • 112Deafness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deafness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deafness deafness hardness of hearing surdity| Sgm: N 1 inaudibility inaudibility inaudibleness PARAG:Deafness >V GRP: V 1 Sgm: V 1 be deaf be deaf &c. >Adj …

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  • 113astonish — c.1300, astonien, from O.Fr. estoner to stun, daze, deafen, astound, from V.L. *extonare, from L. ex out + tonare to thunder (see THUNDER (Cf. thunder)); so, lit. to leave someone thunderstruck. The modern form (influenced by English verbs in ish …

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  • 114bother — (v.) 1718, probably from Anglo Irish pother, since its earliest use was by Irish writers Sheridan, Swift, Sterne. Perhaps from Ir. bodhairim I deafen. Related: Bothered; bothering. As a noun from 1803 …

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  • 115bother — verb 1》 [with negative] take the trouble to do something: he didn t bother to ask why. 2》 worry, disturb, or upset (someone).     ↘[usu. with negative] feel concern about or interest in. noun trouble; fuss. ↘a cause of trouble or fuss.… …

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  • 116deafening — adjective extremely loud. → deafen …

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  • 117stun — v. a. 1. Make senseless (by a blow), make dizzy. 2. Stupefy, confound, bewilder, overcome, dizzy, dumfound, astonish, overwhelm, over power. 3. Deafen, make deaf …

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  • 118rattle — I. n. 1. Loud talk, empty talk, clamorous chiding. 2. Jabberer, prater. II. v. n. 1. Clatter. 2. Jabber, talk noisily, chatter, prate, prattle, babble. III. v. a. 1. Stun, deafen, drive ( …

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  • 119din — n 1. uproar, clamor, babel, racket, hurly burly, hue and cry, ballyhoo, hullabaloo; shouting, shout, yell, holler, outcry, vociferation; bray, bellow, roar, blare, blast, thunderclap, peal, fanfare, tintinnabulation; crash, clash, clangor, clang …

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  • 120заглушать — ГЛУШИТЬ и ЗАГЛУШАТЬ, несов. (сов. заглушить), что. Уменьшать (уменьшить) силу звучания чего л., сделать неслышным или менее слышным, более глухим; Син.: погашать, тушить [impf. to muffle, make (a sound) less easily heard; to deafen, make deaf,… …

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