| desensitize | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. desensitise, desensitize | cause not to be sensitive.; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ benumb, numb, blunt, dull | make numb or insensitive.; "The shock numbed her senses" |
| ~ bedaze, daze, stun | overcome as with astonishment or disbelief.; "The news stunned her" |
| ~ besot, stupefy | make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or infatuation. |
| ~ deaf, deafen | make or render deaf.; "a deafening noise" |
| v. (change) | 2. desensitise, desensitize | make insensitive.; "His military training desensitized him" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
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