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obtund

verbCommon GRE wordMore O words

to blunt or dull the force, sharpness, or sensitivity of something

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Obtund in a sentence

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The anesthetic was used to obtund the nerve's response to pain.

Synonyms
bluntdulldeadennumb
Antonyms
sharpenintensify
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Obtund (verb) means to blunt or dull the force, sharpness, or sensitivity of something
Here is obtund used in an example sentence: "The anesthetic was used to obtund the nerve's response to pain."
Common synonyms for obtund include blunt, dull, deaden, numb.
Antonyms of obtund include sharpen, intensify.
Obtund is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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