Benumb

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  • transitive verb. To make numb, especially by cold.
  • transitive verb. To render senseless or inactive, as from shock or boredom.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Benumbed.
  • To make torpid; deprive of sensation: as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
  • To stupefy; render inactive.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.
  • verb. To deaden.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make numb or insensitive
  • Word Usage
    "By my dictionary definition, to stupefy means to "overwhelm with amazement, astound, astonish"; "to stun, as with strong emotions, to benumb the faculties of as in 'put in to a stupor'.""
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