1. benumb, blunt, dull, numb

make numb or insensitive

Example Sentences:
'The shock numbed her senses'

• benumb
• blunt
• dull

2. asleep, benumbed, numb

lacking sensation

Example Sentences:
'my foot is asleep'
'numb with cold'

• asleep
• benumbed

3. dead, numb

(followed by to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive

Example Sentences:
'passersby were dead to our plea for help'
'numb to the cries for mercy'

• dead

4. numb

so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified

Example Sentences:
'too numb with fear to move'