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Desensitize
diːˈsɛn(t)sɪtʌɪz
Desensitize definitions
verb
desensitise
desensitised
desensitises
desensitising
desensitize
desensitized
desensitizes
desensitizing
- 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