verb. Simple past tense and past participle of numb.

"The emotions rise from the subtext and take center-stage in rousing number after number until my ability to respond to rousing music kind of numbed out -- although that may have been because I found the music bland -- except for those based most directly on actual ragtime, which were much fresher than the over-wrought ballads and anthems of the rest."

bummed  drummed  gummed  plumbed  succumbed  

numb  number