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Desensitize Moderate

Desensitize has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

cause not to be sensitive

"The war desensitized many soldiers"

"The photographic plate was desensitized"

2

make insensitive

"His military training desensitized him"

3

To cause to become less sensitive or insensitive.

Example Sentences
"The war desensitized many soldiers" verb
"The photographic plate was desensitized" verb
"His military training desensitized him" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
sensitise sensitize
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
numb stun besot deafen
Rhyming Words
ize wize pize cize size odize seize brize frize prize maize smize baize sufize pdfize resize upsize m size denize balize
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