drown out
Make completely inaudible
To drown out a sound is to make it inaudible by producing a louder one: The traffic drowned out our conversation.
The phrase extends to any overwhelming force that obscures something else: Her voice was drowned out by the crowd, Corporate money drowns out ordinary voters.
Deaden or suppress sound
- stifleSuppress or restrain
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- hushAbsence of sound
- muteWithout voice or sound
quiet · dampen · soften · deaden · soundproof · insulate · quell · subdue
muffle
Deaden or suppress sound
mute · quiet · dampen · soften · deaden · soundproof · insulate · quell · subdue · smother
overpower
Defeat by superior force
clamor · racket · blare · blast · boom · roar · thunder · uproar · decibels · volume
eclipse
Celestial body blocks another
- outshineExceed in brilliance
- overpowerDefeat by superior force
- dominateControl through superior strength
overwhelm · overshadow · obscure · diminish · upstage · outweigh · override · swamp · engulf · bury
- focusfocus, concentration, attention, focal point, concentrate
- dismissingbrush aside, brush off, wave off, shrug off, blow off
- push asidesupplant, displace, oust, replace, usurp
drown outamplify
Increase in strength
highlight · foreground · accentuate · emphasize · spotlight
drown outclarify
Make something understandable
make clear · elucidate · articulate · sharpen · distinguish