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(verb) make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" |
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Synonyms: benumb, blunt, dull |
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Related Words: desensitize |
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(satellite adjective) so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move" |
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Synonyms: petrified |
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(satellite adjective) (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy" |
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Synonyms: dead |
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(satellite adjective) lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" |
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Synonyms: asleep, benumbed |
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