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benumb
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[bɪˈnʌm], (Verb)
Definitions:
- deprive of physical or emotional feeling
(e.g: the flood of images and alerts coming through social networks is benumbing us)
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Origin
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late 15th century: from obsolete benome, past participle of benim ‘deprive’, from be- (expressing removal) + Old English niman ‘take’
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