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desensitize

  (dē-sĕn'sĭ-tīz') pronunciation
tr.v., -tized, -tiz·ing, -tiz·es.
  1. To render insensitive or less sensitive.
  2. Immunology. To make (an individual) nonreactive or insensitive to an antigen.
  3. To make emotionally insensitive or unresponsive, as by long exposure or repeated shocks: “This movie in effect may resensitize people who thought they were desensitized to violence” (Steven Spielberg).
  4. To make (a photographic film or substance) less sensitive to light.
desensitization de·sen'si·ti·za'tion (-tĭ-zā'shən) n.
desensitizer de·sen'si·tiz'er n.
 
 
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verb

    To render less sensitive: benumb, blunt, deaden, dull, numb. Idioms: take the edge off. See awareness/unawareness.

 

1. to deprive of sensation.
2. to subject to desensitization.

 
Translations: Translations for: Desensitize

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - gøre ikke-følsom, desensibilisere

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongevoelig(er) maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - désensibiliser

Deutsch (German)
v. - abstumpfen, desensibilisieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αναισθητοποιώ, ναρκώνω, κάνω λιγότερο ευαίσθητο στο φως

Italiano (Italian)
desensibilizzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dessensibilizar

Русский (Russian)
понизить чувствительность

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - insensibilizar, hacer indiferente, reducir la sensibilidad

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra okänslig

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
减少感光性, 使不敏感

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 減少感光性, 使不敏感

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 민감성을 없애다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 感度を減ずる, 感光度を落とす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجعله غير حساس, أو غير متفاعل مع عوامل الحساسيه, يجعله متحجر العاطفه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הפחית הרגישות‬


 
 

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