desensitize

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From de- +‎ sensitize.

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desensitize (third-person singular simple present desensitizes, present participle desensitizing, simple past and past participle desensitized)

  1. To cause to become less sensitive or insensitive.
    Working in an Operating Room desensitized me to the sight of blood.

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