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desensitise

verb

Make insensitive

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Word length
11
Starts with
D
Ends with
E
Contains
ES
Scrabble score
12

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verb

  1. Make insensitive

    “His military training desensitized him”

verb

  1. Cause not to be sensitive

    “The war desensitized many soldiers”

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His military training desensitized him
The war desensitized many soldiers
The photographic plate was desensitized

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