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The suggestion that they work through the holidays met with deafening silence.
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Deafening Silence — Origin Adelaide, Australia Genres Heavy metal, Progressive rock Years active 2003 – present Website … Wikipedia
deafening silence — see ↑deafening • • • Main Entry: ↑silence … Useful english dictionary
Deafening Silence — Cet article concerne un groupe de heavy metal français. Pour un groupe de heavy metal australien, voir Deafening Silence (groupe australien). Deafening Silence est un groupe de Heavy metal formé en France en 1997, influencé par des groupes tels… … Wikipédia en Français
deafening silence — /dɛfənɪŋ ˈsaɪləns/ (say defuhning suyluhns) noun a silence which is so complete as to be noticeable, especially one caused by embarrassment …
(a) deafening silence — a deafening silence phrase a serious failure to say or do something in reaction to a request or action All their appeals for help met with a deafening silence. Thesaurus: lack of action or activitysynonym silent and silencesynonym Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
a deafening silence — a serious failure to say or do something in reaction to a request or action All their appeals for help met with a deafening silence … English dictionary
deafening — very loud, 1590s, from prp. of DEAFEN (Cf. deafen) (q.v.). Deafening silence is attested by 1830 … Etymology dictionary
silence — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 quietness ADJECTIVE ▪ lengthy, long, prolonged ▪ brief, momentary, a moment s, short ▪ There was a mome … Collocations dictionary
deafening — [[t]de̱fənɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A deafening noise is a very loud noise. ...the deafening roar of fighter jets taking off. 2) ADJ (emphasis) If you say there was a deafening silence, you are emphasizing that there was no reaction or response to… … English dictionary
deafening — deaf|en|ing [ˈdefənıŋ] adj 1.) very loud ▪ a deafening roar 2.) deafening silence a complete silence, when it is uncomfortable or you are expecting someone to say something … Dictionary of contemporary English
