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Verb: desensitise  dee'sen-si`tIz
Usage: Brit (=desensitize)
  1. Cause not to be sensitive
    "The war desensitised many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitised"
    - desensitize
     
  2. Make insensitive
    "His military training desensitised him"
    - desensitize

Derived forms: desensitises, desensitising, desensitised

See also: desensitisation [Brit]

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: sensitise [Brit]

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