'desensitize' definitions:
Definition of 'desensitize'
(from WordNet)
verb
Cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" [syn: desensitize, desensitise] [ant: sensitise, sensitize]
verb
Make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him" [syn: desensitize, desensitise] [ant: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize]
Definition of 'desensitize'
From: GCIDE
- desensitize \desensitize\ v. t. to rendered insensitive or less sensitive. Opposite of sensitize.
- Syn: deaden. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'desensitize'
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