'desensitize' definitions:

Definition of 'desensitize'

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'

From: Moby Thesaurus

anesthetize,
bedaze,
benumb,
besot,
blunt,
chloroform,
coldcock,
deaden,
dope,
drug,
dull,
etherize,
freeze,
hebetate,
kayo,
knock out,
knock senseless,
knock stiff,
knock unconscious,
KO,
lay out,
mull,
narcotize,
numb,
obtund,
palsy,
paralyze,
put to sleep,
stun,
stupefy

Words containing 'desensitize'

desensitization,
desensitized,
desensitizing,
desensitization procedure,
desensitization technique,
systematic desensitization