Amplify and Benumb

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Amplify verb - To express more fully and in greater detail.

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Benumb is an antonym for amplify.

Benumb verb - To reduce or weaken in strength or feeling.

Usage example: a succession of personal tragedies had benumbed him to all grief

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Amplify is an antonym for benumb.

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Benumb and Amplify. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/amplify/benumb

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