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• v  make numb or insensitive
  The shock numbed her senses
• s  lacking sensation
  numb with cold
• s  (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
  numb to the cries for mercy
• s  so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
  too numb with fear to move

• The end result: Redheads dread their excruciating dental work, while others just get numb cheeks a minor inconvenience.
• At the end, Tony is as he was at the beginning: his development and degeneration are horrifyingly predictable; his death evokes not fear or pity, but numb relief.
• But they came, and we went numb.

• benumb
• blunt
• dull
• asleep
• benumbed
• dead

News & Articles

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• New Video: Yakima business owners dealing with impact of fire
  Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:40:10 GMT Yakima Herald-Republic YAKIMA, Wash. — The owners of two local businesses say they are still processing their thoughts about the early-morning fire that damaged much of their building. “You’re just numb,” said Leslie Paddock, who runs Geppetto’s Italian Bistro with her husband,...
  June 12, 2013 - Yakima Herald-Republic

Quotes

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• Paul Gascoigne in Belfast Telegraph
  Asked what his message would be to Sir Bobby and his family, Gascoigne said: "I love him and his wife Elsie - I'll always be there for her. I'm sort of numb, I want to go up and see his wife Elsie but it's a difficult situation for everyone. I'm...
• Bob McKillop in ESPN
  I'm numb right now,coach Bob McKillop said.
• Brian Campbell in SI.com
  Once your face gets a little numb you feel fine,Campbell said. "The ears were cold a little bit, maybe a little frostbite on them, but that's all right."