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dumb


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verb

Definition of DUMB

transitive verb
: to make silent : deaden <would lie around, dumbed by the drugs — Norman Mailer>
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Examples of DUMB

  1. <the terrible news dumbed her for a long moment, and then she burst into tears>

First Known Use of DUMB

1607

Related to DUMB

Synonyms: silence, extinguish, hush, mute, quell, quiet, quieten [chiefly British], settle, shush, shut up, squelch, still
Near Antonyms: agitate, stir
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