[+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples. 2. : lacking any feeling â If a part of your body (such as a foot or leg) is asleep, it is not able to feel anything for a brief time, usually because you have kept it in an awkward position for too long.
The US was justified in dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan already killed over 2,000 people in the Pearl Harbor bombings. We had done nothing to provoke them, unless you count our cutting off trade with Japan, limiting their oil supply.
No, the death penalty is not always justified for crimes like murder. People may commit murder in circumstances where the murder was not planned, in fits of rage, etc. The criminal justice system is no longer based purely on retribution - other factors such as rehabilitation also play an increasingly important role.