| Pronunciation: | | dee'sensi`tIz
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| Matching Terms: | | desensitization, desensitization procedure, desensitization technique, desensitized, desensitizing
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- [v] make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"
- [v] cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized"
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| | Synonyms: | | desensitise, desensitise |
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| | Antonyms: | | sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitise, sensitize, sensitize |
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| | See Also: | | alter, alter, bedaze, benumb, besot, blunt, change, change, daze, deaf, deafen, dull, numb, stun, stupefy |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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