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sensitize - make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" |
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sensitise |
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modify,
alter,
change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
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sensitize - make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs" |
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sensitise,
sensify,
sensibilize,
sensibilise |
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desensitise,
desensitize make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"
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modify,
alter,
change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
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sensitize - cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine" |
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sensitise |
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sense,
feel comprehend; "I sensed the real meaning of his letter"
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desensitise,
desensitize make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"
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desensitise,
desensitize make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"
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photosensitise,
photosensitize make (an organism or substance) sensitive to the influence of radiant energy and especially light
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stimulate,
excite,
stir cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
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sensitize - make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film" |
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sensitise |
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modify,
alter,
change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
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picture taking,
photography the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies
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