benumb

tr.v., -numbed, -numb·ing, -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.

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

benumbment be·numb'ment n.

verb

1. To render less sensitive: blunt, deaden, desensitize, dull, numb. Idioms: take the edge off. See awareness/unawareness.
2. To dull the senses, as with a heavy blow, a shock, or fatigue: bedaze, bemuse, daze, stun, stupefy. Chiefly Regional maze. See awareness/unawareness.
3. To render helpless, as by emotion: numb, paralyze, petrify, stun, stupefy, wither. See affect/ineffectiveness.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: make numb or insensitive
  Synonyms: numb, blunt, dull

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - lamslå, gøre følelsesløs

Nederlands (Dutch)
suf/gevoelloos maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - engourdir, endormir

Deutsch (German)
v. - lähmen, betäuben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μουδιάζω, παραλύω

Italiano (Italian)
intorpidire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - entorpecer (devido ao frio), amortecer, paralisar

Русский (Russian)
оцепенеть

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - entumecer, embotar, paralizar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra stel, förlama

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使失去感觉, 使麻木, 使迟钝

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使失去感覺, 使麻木, 使遲鈍

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 무감각하게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - しびれさせる, 凍えさせる, ぼうっとさせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) خدر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שיתק, היקהה‬

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