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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Benumb \Be*numb"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Benumbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Benumbing}.] [OE. binomen, p. p. of binimen to take away, AS. beniman; pref. be + niman to take. See {Numb}, adjective, and cf. {Benim}.] To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
The creeping death benumbed her senses first. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
benumb
verb: make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: {numb}, {blunt}, {dull}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "benumb": KO, abate, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, bedaze, bemuse, besot, bite, blunt, chill, chloroform, coldcock, cushion, cut, deaden, deaden the pain, desensitize, diminish, dope, drug, dull, ease, ease matters, etherize, foment, freeze, frost, frostbite, give relief, go through, kayo, knock out, knock senseless, knock stiff, knock unconscious, lay, lay out, lessen, lull, mitigate, mollify, mull, narcotize, nip, numb, obtund, pad, palliate, palsy, paralyze, penetrate, petrify, pierce, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, put to sleep, reduce, refrigerate, relieve, salve, slacken, slake, soften, soothe, stun, stupe, stupefy, subdue
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