benumb (v.)
- abate
- allay
- alleviate
- anesthetize
- appease
- assuage
- bedaze
- bemuse
- besot
- bite
- blunt
- chill
- chloroform
- coldcock
- cushion
- cut
- deaden
- desensitize
- diminish
- dope
- drug
- dull
- ease
- etherize
- foment
- freeze
- frost
- kayo
- lay
- lessen
- lull
- mitigate
- mollify
- mull
- narcotize
- nip
- numb
- obtund
- pad
- palliate
- palsy
- paralyze
- penetrate
- petrify
- pierce
- poultice
- reduce
- refrigerate
- relieve
- salve
- slacken
- slake
- soften
- soothe
- stun
- stupefy
- subdue