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adjective

Definition of benumbednext
as in numbed
lacking in sensation or feeling my benumbed ears took a few minutes to warm up after the frigid air outside

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benumbed

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verb

past tense of benumb
as in reduced
to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling a succession of personal tragedies had benumbed him to all grief

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for benumbed
  1. reduced
  2. numb
  3. asleep
  4. blunted
  5. diminished
  6. weakened
  7. subsided
  8. dampened
Verb
  • Max size reduced to 6, bonus ammo changed to +50 reload speed.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Advertisement The measure is strongly backed by a group of California prosecutors and large retailers, including Walmart, and aims to overhaul parts of Proposition 47, a measure approved by voters in 2014 that reduced certain drug and property crime penalties.
    Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of reduced
Adjective
  • Cold restricts blood circulation to numb pain and reduce bruising.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Handling and steering were neither numb nor abrupt, and the single foot brake stopped me quickly.
    Josh Max, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of numb
Adjective
  • According to the scholar Maria Tatar, these were folktales shared among adults after hours, while the children were asleep.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Her cellmate was asleep on the top bunk as Upton paced and looked out of the cell door’s window.
    Christopher Damien, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of asleep
Verb
  • The downside of a tax that successfully targets wealthy individuals is its effect on behavior may be blunted—wealthier people are less sensitive to cost increases.
    Andrew Leahey, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The brigade led the Russian attack on the western edge of the Ukrainian salient last week, initially advancing several miles—and capturing those unfortunate drone operators—before Ukrainian counterattacks blunted its momentum.
    David Axe, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of blunted
Verb
  • Of course, that snub hasn’t really diminished the Parkour Civilization phenomenon.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Expectations are diminished, contaminated by politics.
    Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of diminished
Verb
  • Utah’s roster is inarguably weakened by replacing Callie Smith with Genie Erohkina (one of the worst performers last weekend in Virginia Beach), but the roster rules incentivize teams to dump a mid-season acquisition like Smith, so why not cash in at the trade deadline?
    Todd Boss, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The yen remained weakened after Ishiba downplayed the prospect of imminent interest rate hikes earlier this week.
    Ian Mount, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of weakened
Verb
  • As the post-Covid boom subsided in cities such as Atlanta and Nashville, the nation’s fastest-rising rents are now found in the likes of Indianapolis, Columbus and Fayetteville, all places where Morgan Properties has a presence.
    Giacomo Tognini, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • After the floodwaters subsided, roads were covered in debris and mud.
    Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of subsided
Verb
  • Changes in residents’ lifestyles and a wave of middle-class emigration during the COVID-19 pandemic have dampened local demand.
    Ani Freedman, Fortune Asia, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The pain of that experience dampened any enthusiasm for taking risks with further military pullbacks.
    Christopher S. Chivvis, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of dampened
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