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Definition of Desensitize
1. Verb. Cause not to be sensitive. "The photographic plate was desensitized"
Exact synonyms: Desensitise
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Benumb, Blunt, Dull, Numb, Bedaze, Daze, Stun, Besot, Stupefy, Deaf, Deafen
Derivative terms: Desensitisation, Desensitization
Antonyms: Sensitise, Sensitize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Benumb, Blunt, Dull, Numb, Bedaze, Daze, Stun, Besot, Stupefy, Deaf, Deafen
Derivative terms: Desensitisation, Desensitization
Antonyms: Sensitise, Sensitize
2. Verb. Make insensitive. "His military training desensitized him"
Exact synonyms: Desensitise
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Desensitisation, Desensitization
Antonyms: Sensitize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Desensitisation, Desensitization
Antonyms: Sensitize
Definition of Desensitize
1. [v -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES]