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numbs out

numbs out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of numb out.

Meaning of numb out

Verb

numb out (third-person singular simple present numbs out, present participle numbing out, simple past and past participle numbed out)

  1. (intransitive) To make oneself numb, especially emotionally.
    • Because in childhood there is no opportunity to express this pain in a way that helps a survivor heal, s/he learns to numb out by necessity. Of course, different people numb out in different ways. The survivors I interviewed became alcoholics and drug addicts, some ate compulsively, […]1991 December 8, Liz Galst, “Gay Male Incest Survivors, Safer Sex, and AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 21, page 9
  2. (transitive) To block or alleviate (pain, etc.) by inducing numbness.

Questions about numbs out

What is numbs out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Numbs out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of numb out.

Words near numbs out in the dictionary

  1. numbnutses
  2. numbre
  3. numbres
  4. numbrous
  5. numbs
  6. numbs out
  7. numbskull
  8. numbskulled
  9. numbskulledness
  10. numbskullery
  11. numbskulls

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