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numbing
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Numb \Numb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbed (n[u^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Numbing (n[u^]m"[i^]ng).] To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy. [1913 Webster] For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
desensitizing \desensitizing\ adj. making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli. Opposite of sensitizing. [Narrower terms: numbing] [WordNet 1.5]
