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BENUMB
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they benumb ... he / she / it benumbs
Past simple: benumbed
Past participle: benumbed
-ing form: benumbing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make numb or insensitive
Example:
The shock numbed her senses
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
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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