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BENUMB

Dictionary entry overview: What does benumb mean?

• BENUMB (verb)
The verb BENUMB has 1 sense:

1. make numb or insensitive

Familiarity information: BENUMB used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BENUMB (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Make numb or insensitive

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

benumb; numb; blunt; dull

Context example:

The shock numbed her senses

Hypernyms (to "benumb" is one way to...):

desensitise; desensitize (cause not to be sensitive)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

The bad news will benumb him
The performance is likely to benumb Sue

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