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Synset

make numb or insensitive
<verb.perception>

benumb more info
blunt more info
dull more info
numb more info

sample sentences

"The shock numbed her senses"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The bad news will %s him
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
semantic pointers
hypernym
desensitize, desensitise