numbing
Example Sentences
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When supplied in large quantities, they can have a numbing effect.
Despite the name, these aren’t peppers at all but members of the citrus family that trigger a numbing, tingling sensation on the tongue.
This is unfortunate, and not just because it affects the viewing experience, which is as numbing as a winter at Fort Ticonderoga.
One of the most "insidious" problems, Natalie said, was as the pain increased, ketamine became one of the only ways of numbing it - causing further damage.
From BBC
Mr. Leguizamo eases up on the ferociously funny clowning at which he is so expert to emphasize Nelson’s frantic desperation to avoid having to admit he has failed his family, numbing his anxieties with booze.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
