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Benumb Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Benumb? [v] make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Benumb: blunt \| dull \| numb Related Terms \| Find terms related to Benumb: abate \| allay \| alleviate \| anesthetize \| appease \| assuage \| bedaze \| bemuse \| besot \| bite \| blunt \| chill \| chloroform \| coldcock \| cushion \| cut \| deaden \| deaden the pain \| desensitize \| diminish \| dope \| drug \| dull \| ease \| ease matters \| etherize \| foment \| freeze \| frost \| frostbite \| give relief \| go through \| kayo \| knock out \| knock senseless \| knock stiff \| knock unconscious \| KO \| lay \| lay out \| lessen \| lull \| mitigate \| mollify \| mull \| narcotize \| nip \| numb \| obtund \| pad \| palliate \| palsy \| paralyze \| penetrate \| petrify \| pierce \| poultice \| pour balm into \| pour oil on \| put to sleep \| reduce \| refrigerate \| relieve \| salve \| slacken \| slake \| soften \| soothe \| stun \| stupe \| stupefy \| subdue See Also \| desensitise \| desensitize Benumb In Webster's Dictionary \Be*numb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benumbing}.] [OE. binomen, p. p. of binimen to take away, AS. beniman; pref. be + niman to take. See {Numb}, a., and cf. {Benim}.] To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold. The creeping death benumbed her senses first. --Dryden.

Benumb Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Benumb?

[v] make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Benumb: blunt | dull | numb

See Also | desensitise | desensitize

Benumb In Webster's Dictionary

\Be*numb"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Benumbed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Benumbing}.] [OE. binomen, p. p. of binimen to take away,
AS. beniman; pref. be + niman to take. See {Numb}, a., and
cf. {Benim}.]
To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to
stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.

      The creeping death benumbed her senses first. --Dryden.

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