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benumb
abate, bemuse, cushion, drug, frost, knock stiff, mollify, palliate, pour balm into, slacken, subdue
Definition
v.
make numb or insensitive
Last update: September 8, 2015
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Desnoyers was still huddled in his seat,
benumb
ed and with closed eyes.
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A rush of quiet almost
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ed him, so immediate was the reaction from violence to submission.
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For the first half-hour he paddled mechanically, his consciousness
benumb
ed by the overwhelming strangeness.
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During the hearing, the frail woman had stood with bent head, dazed and
benumb
ed.
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Jacob walked up and down briskly, trying to shake off the cold which
benumb
ed him.
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There he sat quite
benumb
ed and motionless; one would have imagined he was frozen to death.
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