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1. Cause not to be sensitive
   "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized"
   - desensitise [Brit]
    
2. Make insensitive
   "His military training desensitized him"
   - desensitise [Brit]

Derived forms: desensitized, desensitizing, desensitizes

See also: desensitization

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: sensitize

Encyclopedia: Desensitize