transitive. To stun; to strike senseless with a blow, or partially senseless with a loud noise; to paralyse a limb with anæsthetics; to paralyse…

figurative. To deprive of some form of vitality; to deaden. Also as adjective deaded. To deprive of sensation or consciousness; to stupefy, benumb.

To induce insensibility or loss of function in (a body or limb); to benumb, deaden.

To prostrate the mental faculties of (a person), as by a blow on the head, a violent shock, weariness, intoxicating drink, etc.; to benumb or…

To deprive of sensation, as by a blow; to stun, paralyse, deaden, stupefy. Obsolete.

transitive. To make (any part of the body) insensible, torpid, or powerless; occasionally to stupefy or stun, as by a blow or shock; but now mostly…

transitive. To deprive of life; to kill, put to death. Also: to render insensible. Occasionally intransitive: to kill. Obsolete.

transitive. To make something numb; to deaden physical sensation or inhibit movement in. Also in extended use; spec. to cause (a person) to become…

transitive. To make insensible, torpid, or powerless; to benumb. (Only in past participle.)

transitive. To render (a part of the body) hard or insensitive like a pavement. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. To deprive of vitality, force, or sensibility; to benumb, to dull.

transitive. To benumb, deaden; = torpefy, v. Obsolete.

transitive. To render torpid, benumb, deaden, paralyse. Also figurative.