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benumb
benumb
verb
Definition of BENUMB
to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling <a succession of personal tragedies had benumbed him to all grief>
Related Words muffle, mute, tone (down); decrease, diminish, lessen, let up (on), lower, reduce, subdue; debilitate, enfeeble, weaken; dwindle, recede, subside, taper (off), wane; alleviate, ease, lighten; abate, moderate
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