desensitise

Definition of Desensitise in English :

1. desensitise, desensitize

cause not to be sensitive

Example Sentences:
'The war desensitized many soldiers'
'The photographic plate was desensitized'

2. desensitise, desensitize

make insensitive

Example Sentences:
'His military training desensitized him'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Desensitise

verb (transitive)

1.

to render insensitive or less sensitive

the patient was desensitized to the allergen

to desensitize photographic film

2. psychology

to decrease the abnormal fear in (a person) of a situation or object, by exposing him or her to it either in reality or in his imagination

verb transitiveWord forms: deˈsensiˌtized or deˈsensiˌtizing

1.

to take away the sensitivity of; make less sensitive

2.

to make (a photographic plate or film) less sensitive to light

3. Medicine

to make (a person, animal, or tissue) nonreactive or nonallergic to a substance by removing the antibodies from sensitized cells