as in numb
lacking in sensation or feeling
numbed fingers that needed warming by the fire
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as in dulled
to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling
wait for the medication to numb your mouth
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Adjective
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Get weather and fire alerts via text:Sign up to get current wildfire updates by location 'Everybody at this point is just numb' Jimmy Dunne, a longtime Palisades resident who raised his children in the area, was one of the lucky ones.—
Isaiah Murtaugh,
USA TODAY,
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After a while, the doctor becomes almost empathetically numb or oblivious to the emotional state of the next patient that comes in the door.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Its calming properties can help your body wind down and calm your mind, making falling and staying asleep easier.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
9 Jan. 2025
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New findings published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine state that 1 in 7 adults have difficulty falling asleep, while 1 in 6 adults have trouble staying asleep.—
Monica Cull,
Discover Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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The final amount could be affected by two factors — the number of claims and how much of the settlement fund is reduced to cover legal fees and costs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 Jan. 2025
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Liver damage can be reduced if the person stops drinking.—
George Petras,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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Lepers’s case study offers a test of whether the same is true in your 50s, or whether the body’s adaptive potential is so blunted that some of the losses become permanent.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
23 Dec. 2024
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On a third day, exercising afterwards blunted my Lingo Count by a few points.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN,
29 Nov. 2024
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Its pandemic subsided in 1969, but the virus continued to circulate, eventually becoming a part of the regular seasonal flu strain.—
Amanda Castro,
Newsweek,
27 Dec. 2024
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Netanyahu's legal and political predicaments are being subsided when the war is still ongoing.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
26 Dec. 2024
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Recession fears have diminished, inflation is trending back toward 2 percent, and the labor market has rebalanced, but remains strong.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
26 Dec. 2024
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The theme of running recurred, as did moments of isolation, with Abraham appearing preoccupied and diminished, unable to fully participate as the others moved around him.—
Jennifer Homans,
The New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2024
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But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2025
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Actually sitting through it may have dampened viewers’ enthusiasm for more.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2024
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Understandably, the December FOMC projections dampened expectations for 2025 interest rate cuts.—
Jason Schenker,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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“Numbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/numbed. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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