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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. cause not to be sensitive;
- Example: "The war desensitized many soldiers"
- Example: "The photographic plate was desensitized"
[syn: desensitize, desensitise]

2. make insensitive;
- Example: "His military training desensitized him"
[syn: desensitize, desensitise]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

desensitise \desensitise\ v. t. same as desensitize. Syn: deaden. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

desensitise v 1: cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" [syn: desensitize, desensitise] [ant: sensitise, sensitize] 2: make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him" [syn: desensitize, desensitise] [ant: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitize]