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sensitise

verb

Make sensitive or aware

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Word length
9
Starts with
S
Ends with
E
Contains
EN
Scrabble score
9

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verb

  1. Make sensitive or aware

    “He was not sensitized to her emotional needs”

verb

  1. Make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion

    “Sensitize the photographic film”

verb

  1. Make sensitive to a drug or allergen

    “Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen”

verb

  1. Cause to sense; make sensitive

    “She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society”

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He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
Sensitize the photographic film
Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society
My tongue became sensitized to good wine

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