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Benumb

verb
(past & past part. benumbed; pres. part. benumbing)
1.
Make numb or insensitive.  Synonyms: blunt, dull, numb.






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"Benumb" Quotes from Famous Books



... accident that has happened was the loss of a spade, but we are fortunate enough to make it up on this station. Though the days are still very hot, the beautiful clear nights are cool, and benumb the mosquitoes, which have ceased to trouble us. Myriads of flies are ...
— The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 • Ernest Favenc



Words linked to "Benumb" :   desensitise, numb, blunt, desensitize, dull



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