benumb

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On this page you'll find 29 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to benumb, such as: blunt, chill, cumber, daze, deaden, and numb.

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How to use benumb in a sentence

  • He further says they dwarf the body, benumb the brain and weaken character.

    "Say Fellows--" | Wade C. Smith
  • The cold closely surrounding air zone appears to benumb or paralyze them, and they drop in great numbers near the margin.

  • What a multitude of impressions were stored in her sensitive mind, impressions which, for the moment, seemed to benumb her!

    The Last Shot | Frederick Palmer
  • They have every one of them passions of their own, that rouse and awaken, stupefy and benumb them, without our leave or consent.

    The Essays of Montaigne, Complete | Michel de Montaigne
  • It is well established that even small quantities of alcohol weaken the will power and benumb the mental powers.

    Society | Henry Kalloch Rowe

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