[+] 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.
I believe that President Truman (of the USA) should have dropped the bomb on Hiroshima but not on Nagasaki. I think that his actions in deciding to bomb Hiroshima were justifiable since I think that they contributed to severely weakening Japan, leading to Japanâs eventual surrender and a swift end to the war.