Numb

a.	1.
	1.	Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.
	2.	Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
v. t.	1.	To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy. [imp. & p. p. Numbed (nŭmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Numbing (nŭm"ĭng).] For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. - Dryden. Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. - Tennyson.

Verb	1.	numb - make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" Synonyms: benumb, blunt, dull
Adj.	1.	numb - lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" Synonyms: benumbed, asleep
	2.	numb - (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy" Synonyms: dead
	3.	numb - so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move" Synonyms: petrified

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