Usually means: Causing loss of feeling, sensation.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word benumbing:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. benumbing: Merriam-Webster
  2. benumbing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. benumbing: Vocabulary.com
  4. benumbing: Wordnik
  5. benumbing: Wiktionary
  6. Benumbing, benumbing: Dictionary.com
  7. Benumbing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Benumbing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. benumbing: FreeDictionary.org
  10. benumbing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. benumbing: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (benumb)

verb:  (transitive) To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.).
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