numbing
Americanadjective
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The numbing lidocaine was injected first and sprayed down my windpipe, making me feel as if I were drowning.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
When supplied in large quantities, they can have a numbing effect.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
"Is it, in fact, unhealthy and desensitising and numbing to feel joy when we're surrounded by so much suffering?" he asks.
From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025
That’s the only explanation for the numbing lack of thrills or chills or dread in Osgood Perkins’ “The Monkey.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025
The workers woke early, and for the first few months they were “seasoned”—learning the numbing work of hoeing or weeding or loading the barges with cut cane.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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