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unnumb

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To cause not to be numb, to relieve of numbness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2013, Steve Ercolani, “Baseball League Creates ‘Islands’ of Refuge for Camden Kids,” npr.org, 16 July, 2013, “If that had happened in your community, everything [would have] stopped,” he says. “This says two things about these kids: One, they’re resilient, because we’re back to baseball. But two, some part of them is numb. And so we’re going to try and use baseball to unnumb that.”

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From un- + numb.