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be·numb  (b-nm)

tr.v. be·numbed, be·numb·ing, be·numbs

1. To make numb, especially by cold.

2. To make inactive; dull: "The anesthetic afternoon benumbs, sickens our senses" (Karl Shapiro). See Synonyms at daze.

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[Middle English binomen, from past participle of binimen, to take away, from Old English beniman : be-, away; see be- + niman, to take; see numb.]

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be·numbment n.

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benumb [bɪˈnʌm]

vb (tr)

1. to make numb or powerless; deaden physical feeling in, as by cold

2. (usually passive) to make inactive; stupefy (the mind, senses, will, etc.)

benumbingly  adv

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

benumb - make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" numb, blunt, dull desensitise, desensitize - cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized"

Translations

benumb [bɪˈnʌm] VT (with cold) → entumecer; (= frighten, shock) → paralizar

benumb

vt

limb → gefühllos machen; person → betäuben; (with cold also) → erstarren lassen; he was/his fingers were benumbed with cold → er war/seine Finger waren starr vor Kälte

(fig) mind → betäuben; (panic, experience etc) → lähmen; benumbed by alcohol → vom Alkohol benommen