Numb (Verb)
Meaning
Make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses".
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The prolonged exposure to the war's horrors had numbed his ability to feel empathy for others.
- The loss of her child had numbed her to the world around her.
- Years of struggling in poverty had numbed her to the pain of never having enough.
- The painkillers numbed her leg, making it easier to move around.
- The sound of gunfire had numbed the soldiers to the risk of their own mortality.