desensitize

1. Cause not to be sensitive (synset 202119407)
   "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   subtypes:

   • benumb, blunt, dull, numb - make numb or insensitive
   • bedaze, daze, stun - overcome as with astonishment or disbelief
   • besot, stupefy - make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation
   • deaf, deafen - make or render deaf
   same as: desensitise
2. Make insensitive (synset 200273482)
   "His military training desensitized him"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   same as: desensitise

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