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

Few laws have ever been passed better calculated than this to harden the heart and benumb the conscience of every man who assists in its execution.

From Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) by Griffiths, Julia

The effect of this announcement was to benumb his faculties.

From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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

Greek Philosophy.—The essential pedantic stupidity of Aristotle’s logic, and its power to belittle and benumb the intelligence of its reverential students has been shown in every college where this effete study is kept up.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887 Volume 1, Number 8 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)