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desensitize - cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" |
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desensitise |
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sensitise,
sensitize make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
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sensitise,
sensitize make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
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alter,
change,
modify remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
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benumb,
blunt,
dull,
numb make less sharp; "blunt the knives"
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bedaze,
daze,
stun make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
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besot,
stupefy make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
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deaf,
deafen make soundproof; "deafen a room"
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desensitize - make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him" |
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desensitise |
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sensibilise,
sensibilize,
sensify,
sensitise,
sensitize make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
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alter,
change,
modify remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?"
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