(a.) To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
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Stupefaction
Definition:
(n.) The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.
Example Sentences:
(1) In 36 (78.3 per cent) the immediate reaction to bereavement was one of numbness or stupefaction; in seven (15.2 per cent) emotional relief occurred; and in three cases (6.5 per cent) there was no obvious immediate reaction.
(2) Their symptoms were stupefaction, paresis, and amnesia.
(3) Frankly, I wouldn't blame her if she did: if I were her, I'd probably spend my every waking hour in a state of advanced stupefaction, in an attempt to try to obliterate the thought that the Mail Online is permanently camped out on my doorstep and people are tracking my every move on social media.
(4) Indeed, despite the general tolerance in evidence on the streets of Eastleigh, there is an underlying sense of stupefaction that Huhne – by all accounts an intelligent man and an able politician – should have let the lie snowball to such an extent.
(5) Amid stupefaction from players, the French governmenthas asked for clarification from the football federation, which has denied setting out a quota policy.