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Definitions for benumb
bɪˈnʌmbe·numb

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. numb, benumb, blunt, dullverb

    make numb or insensitive

    "The shock numbed her senses"

Wiktionary

  1. benumbverb

    To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.

  2. benumbverb

    To deaden.

Wikipedia

  1. benumb

    Benümb was an American grindcore band from Millbrae, California.

ChatGPT

  1. benumb

    To benumb means to deaden or impair the sensation or perception of; to make numb, typically from cold or shock; or to deprive someone of physical or emotional feeling. It can also mean to dull or stupefy someone mentally.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Benumbadjective

    to make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold

Wikidata

  1. Benümb

    Benümb was a grindcore band from Oakland, California.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Benumb

    be-num′, v.t. to make insensible or powerless: to stupefy (now chiefly of cold): to deaden the feelings: to paralyse generally.—p.adj. Benumbed′.—ns. Benumbed′ness, Benumb′ment. [Pfx. be- and Numb.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of benumb in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of benumb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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