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numb

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numb in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. lacking sensation
    "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
    asleep  benumbed  numb 
  2. (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 
  3. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
    "too numb with fear to move"
    numb 
verb
  1. make numb or insensitive
    "The shock numbed her senses"
    numb  benumb  blunt  dull 
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