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obtunded

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verb

past tense of obtund

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for obtunded
Adjective
  • After an anesthetized cockroach is secured on the platform, a motor slides that rig into position, and a computer vision system assesses the insect's body size and position.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Lamb and Smit approach with their gear and check vitals, then begin measuring, sampling and hoisting the grizzly’s anesthetized body into the air in a sling winched to a tree.
    Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • And suddenly, Glenn and the Jets headed to halftime without running a play in the nearly 40 seconds at their disposal, a move that baffled both their loyalists in New Jersey and the Broncos’ sideline across the pond.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
  • What started as a tense visit quickly escalated into a situation that left the whole family baffled and frustrated.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In recent years, however, his Midas touch on the charts has dulled slightly, and his last two sets — 2023’s – (Minus) and 2024’s Autumn Variations — missed the top spot, while failing to generate the long-lasting hit singles his earlier albums had easily spun off.
    Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Syracuse University professor Dimitar Gueorguiev warned that TikTok’s edge has dulled.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Rather, Mailer’s recordings of them felt like an extreme but iconic depiction of 1970s countercultural underclass Americana, where teenage girls are drugged and gang-raped without registering much on the surface at all.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The dude can work in Van Halen song titles or stupid words from drugged-out journalists on demand and on command.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That was when the seizure occurred, making her fall unconscious.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Upon arriving at her unit, officers found her unconscious and unresponsive; EMS officials responded to the scene and found the actress dead.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At the headline-index level, a modest blip, the S & P 500 down half a percent at the worst, though in part the slide is being buffered by uncharacteristic strength in some defensive groups.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The operation showed that even far-reaching targets were not safe from drone attack, including the United States, a country buffered by two oceans and no significant adversary on its borders.
    Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The boy is stupefied, snot intermingling with the puke dripping from his mouth to his navel.
    Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Essentially, external influences change how genes are modulated, and the blood test can identify these markers of ME/CFS.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But her singing now is less showy and more nuanced and carefully modulated.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Obtunded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obtunded. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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