1) Blunt 2) Chill to the bone 3) Deaden 4) Deaden or dull 5) Deaden or stupefy 6) Deprive of sensation 7) Desensitise 8) Desensitize 9) Dull 10) Exclusively Anglo word 11) Exclusively Saxon word 12) Make inactive 13) Make numb or insensitive 14) Make unfeeling 15) Numb 16) Paralyze 17) Remove feeling from Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/benumb
Be·numb' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Benumbed ; present participle & verbal noun Benumbing .] [ Middle English binomen , past participle of binimen to take away, Anglo-Saxon beniman ; prefix be... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/38