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deafen collapse: make soundproof; "deafen a room"; make or render deaf; "a deafening noise"; be unbearably loud; "a deafening noise"

stun collapse: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"; overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her"

resound collapse: ring or echo with sound; "the hall resounded with laughter"

din collapse: instill (into a person) by constant repetition; "he dinned the lessons into his students"

refraction collapse: the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another

peal collapse: a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells); ring recurrently; "bells were pealing"

thunder collapse: a booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning; utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"; to make or produce a loud noise; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle"; move fast, noisily, and heavily; "The bus thundered down the road"; be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed"

crescendo collapse: (music) a gradual increase in loudness; gradually increasing in volume; grow louder; "The music crescendoes here"

horripilate collapse: cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me"; have one's hair stand on end and get goosebumps; "I horripilate when I see violence on television"

amaze collapse: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"

frighten collapse: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"; drive out by frightening

petrify collapse: cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"

deflection collapse: the property of being bent or deflected; the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position; the amount by which a propagating wave is bent; a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

electrify collapse: equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"; charge (a conductor) with electricity; excite suddenly and intensely; "The news electrified us"

dismay collapse: fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview"; "The news of the executions horrified us"

flinch collapse: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

blind spot collapse: the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light; a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it"

clutter collapse: unwanted echoes that interfere with the observation of signals on a radar screen; a confused multitude of things; fill a space in a disorderly way

startle collapse: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"; to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake"; "galvanized into action"; move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room"

paralyze collapse: cause to be paralyzed and immobile; "The poison paralyzed him"; "Fear paralyzed her"; make powerless and unable to function; "The bureaucracy paralyzes the entire operation"

stampede collapse: a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; "when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits"; a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle); run away in a stampede; cause to run in panic; "Thunderbolts can stampede animals"; act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; "Companies will now stampede to release their latest software"; cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively; "The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating"

warn collapse: notify, usually in advance; "I warned you that I would ask some difficult questions"; ask to go away; "The old man warned the children off his property"; notify of danger, potential harm, or risk; "The director warned him that he might be fired"; "The doctor warned me about the dangers of smoking"; admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far"; "I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet"

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