desensitize

Definition of Desensitize in English :

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Verb

1. desensitise, desensitize

cause not to be sensitive

Example Sentences:
'The war desensitized many soldiers'
'The photographic plate was desensitized'

desensitise

2. desensitise, desensitize

make insensitive

Example Sentences:
'His military training desensitized him'

desensitise

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Desensitize

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verb (transitive)

1.

to render insensitive or less sensitive

the patient was desensitized to the allergen

to desensitize photographic film

2. psychology

to decrease the abnormal fear in (a person) of a situation or object, by exposing him or her to it either in reality or in his imagination

Desensitize

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verb transitiveWord forms: deˈsensiˌtized or deˈsensiˌtizing

1.

to take away the sensitivity of; make less sensitive

2.

to make (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive to light

3. Medicine

to make (a person, animal, or tissue) nonreactive or nonallergic to a substance by removing the antibodies from sensitized cells

Desensitize

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tr.v. de·sen·si·tized, de·sen·si·tiz·ing, de·sen·si·tiz·es

1. To render insensitive or less sensitive.

2. Immunology To make (an individual) nonreactive or insensitive to an antigen.

3. To make emotionally insensitive or unresponsive, as by long exposure or repeated shocks: "This movie in effect may resensitize people who thought they were desensitized to violence" (Steven Spielberg).

4. To make (a photographic film or substance) less sensitive to light.

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