benumb

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Invention is kept alive, and the mind is not suffered to fall into that drowsy stupidity, which, in a civilized society, seems to benumb the understanding of the people….

From Forbes • Aug. 26, 2014

Hence, if we could benumb the surface, certain of the lesser operations might be undergone without great inconvenience.

From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Hutchison, Joseph Chrisman

Here in the night they were overwhelmed by a second fall of snow still heavier than the preceding; sufficient to cover over the sleeping men and their arms, and to benumb the cattle.

From The Two Great Retreats of History by Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry)

But we, my love!—doth a like spell benumb Our hearts, our voices?—must we too be dumb?

From Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold by Arnold, Matthew

"If only one did not have to think during the long periods of uncertainty and ignorance, and could somehow benumb the senses until the hours of darkness had passed!"

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann