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Physically unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
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Emotionally unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
''numb with shock; numb with boredom''
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{{quote-text|en|year=1966|author=Truman Capote|title=In Cold Blood|location=New York|publisher=Modern Library|year_published=1992|section=Part One, p. 77|url=https://archive.org/details/incoldbloodtruea00capo_0
{{quote-text|en|year=2016|author=Julian Barnes|title=The Noise of Time|publisher=Random House Canada|section=Part Three|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=1xt2CgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcoverv=onepage&q&f=false
Dumb or stupid.
Causing numbness.
(RQ:Shakespeare Richard 3) he did lap meEven in his own garments, and gave himself,All thin and naked to the numb cold night.
To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally).
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To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.
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{{quote-book|en|year=1912|author=Saki|chapter=The Hounds of Fate|title=The Chronicles of Clovis|location=London|publisher=John Lane|page=219|url=https://archive.org/details/chroniclesofclov00sakirich
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{{quote-text|en|year=2004|author=Cory Doctorow|title=Eastern Standard Tribe|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17028/pg17028-images.html|chapter=13
To become numb (especially physically).
{{quote-book|en|year=1918|author=Lewis R. Freeman|title=Many Fronts|location=London|publisher=John Murray|chapter=Wonders of the Teleferica|page=270|url=https://archive.org/details/manyfronts00freeiala
{{quote-book|en|year=1919|author=Arthur Murray Chisholm|title=The Land of Strong Men|location=New York|publisher=H.K. Fly|chapter=18|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/33612/33612-h/33612-h.htm