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numb in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- lacking sensation
"my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
asleep benumbed numb
- (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
"passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
dead numb
- so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
"too numb with fear to move"
numb
verb- make numb or insensitive
"The shock numbed her senses"
numb benumb blunt dull
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