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Nov 30, 2009
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numb



Pronunciation: (num), [key]
—adj. -er, -est,
—v.

—adj.
1. deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold.
2. manifesting or resembling numbness: a numb sensation.
3. incapable of action or of feeling emotion; enervated; prostrate: numb with grief.
4. lacking or deficient in emotion or feeling; indifferent: She was numb to their pleas for mercy.

—v.t.
to make numb.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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