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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:

desensitize \desensitize\ v. t.
   to rendered insensitive or less sensitive. Opposite of
   sensitize.

   Syn: deaden.
        [WordNet 1.5]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

desensitize
    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]