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   desensitize

   /diːˈsɛnsɪtʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. make less sensitive: "creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection"
   • ▪ make (someone) less likely to feel shock or distress at scenes of cruelty or suffering by overexposure to such images: "the media had desensitized him to the horror of violence"
   • ▪ free (someone) from a phobia or neurosis by gradually exposing them to the thing that is feared.

   Derivatives

   • 1. desensitization noun
   • 2. desensitizer noun

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   The meaning of DESENSITIZE is to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent. How to use desensitize in a sentence. Did you know?

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   DESENSITIZE definition: 1. to cause someone to experience something, usually an emotion or a pain, less strongly than…. Learn more.

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   desensitize. / diːˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz / verb. to render insensitive or less sensitive. to desensitize photographic film. the patient was desensitized to the allergen. psychol to decrease the abnormal fear in (a person) of a situation or object, by exposing him to it either in reality or in his imagination. Discover More. Derived Forms.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDESENSITIZE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   To desensitize someone to things such as pain, anxiety, or other people's suffering, means to cause them to react less strongly to them.

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   To desensitize is to make less sensitive, or less easily upset. Some people say that watching scary movies desensitizes kids to violence. A shot of novocaine desensitizes you to the pain of having a cavity drilled by your dentist, and lots of spicy food can desensitize you to more subtle flavors.

8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › desensitizedesensitize verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

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   desensitize somebody/something (specialist) to treat somebody/something so that they will stop being sensitive to physical or chemical changes, or to a particular substance. There is no effective serum to desensitize people who are allergic to fleas. See desensitize in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary