deafen-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: be unbearably loud

Examples:
The deafening concussion blinded the Japanese.
The silence was deafening.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: deafen.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: cause to become deaf

Examples:
New wave music will deafen you.
Just three girls can deafen you with their shrieking.
Jesse Malin's keening yowls will deafen family pets.
Bennoc wanted to actual deafen her.
It would deafen us if we heard it, blind us if we saw it.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: deafen.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: dampen noise, make soundproof

Examples:
So they talked loudly, that they might deafen their conscience.
The money helped deafen Congress to their pleas for help.
But you it was who taught me to deafen my ears to the wild thing.
So you don't deafen yourself?

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3