Both Uses of
insensate
in
Catch-22
- The squadron stood insensate, bereft of everything human but Doc Daneeka, who roosted dolorously like a shivering turkey buzzard beside the closed door of the medical tent, his stuffed nose jabbing away in thirsting futility at the hazy sunlight streaming down around him.†
Chpt 14 *
- At the field a heavy silence prevailed, overpowering motion like a ruthless, insensate spell holding in thrall the only beings who might break it.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(insensate) lacking feeling and/or reason
or:
lacking consciousness