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benumb

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  1. 1. a. To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. make numb or insensitive Source: wordnet
  3. 3. To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold. The creeping death benumbed her senses first. Dryden. Source: webster
  4. 4. To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; tostupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.The creeping death benumbed her senses first. Dryden. Source: adambom
  5. 5. v:100 v make numb or insensitive Source: ecdict

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