What is the meaning of benumbed?

verb

  • Make numb or insensitive.
    • usage: "The shock numbed her senses"

adjective

  • Lacking sensation.
    • usage: "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
  • Having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure.
    • usage: "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled"; "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond"
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