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    BENUMB

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they benumb  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it benumbs  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: benumbed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: benumbed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: benumbing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Make numb or insensitiveplay

    Example:

    The shock numbed her senses

    Synonyms:

    benumb; blunt; dull; numb

    Classified under:

    Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

    Hypernyms (to "benumb" is one way to...):

    desensitise; desensitize (cause not to be sensitive)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody

    Sentence examples:

    The bad news will benumb him

    The performance is likely to benumb Sue

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