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English verb: desensitize | |||
| 1. | desensitize (perception) cause not to be sensitive | ||
| Samples | The war desensitized many soldiers. The photographic plate was desensitized. | ||
| Synonyms | desensitise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bedaze, benumb, besot, blunt, daze, deaf, deafen, dull, numb, stun, stupefy | ||
| Antonyms | sensitise, sensitize | ||
| 2. | desensitize (change) make insensitive | ||
| Samples | His military training desensitized him. | ||
| Synonyms | desensitise | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
| Antonyms | sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitize, sensitise | ||
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