"desensitize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪˈsɛnsɪtaɪz/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-desensitize.wav Forms: desensitizes [present, singular, third-person], desensitizing [participle, present], desensitized [participle, past], desensitized [past]
Etymology: From de- + sensitize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|sensitize}} de- + sensitize Head templates: {{en-verb}} desensitize (third-person singular simple present desensitizes, present participle desensitizing, simple past and past participle desensitized)
  1. To cause to become less sensitive or insensitive. Synonyms: desensitise [British] Derived forms: desensitization, desensitizer, nondesensitizing Translations (cause to become insensitive): insensibilitzar (Catalan), turruttaa (Finnish), totuttaa (Finnish), tehdä tunnottomaksi (Finnish), valottaa (note: of film) (Finnish), siedättää (to an allergenic) (Finnish), désensibiliser (French), desensibilisieren (German), abstumpfen (German), desensitivisere (Norwegian), dessensibilizar (Portuguese), insensibilizar (Portuguese), desensibiliza (Romanian), огрубить (ogrubitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), огрублять (ogrubljatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), охладеть (oxladetʹ) [figuratively] (Russian), desensibilizar (Spanish), insensibilizar (Spanish), avtrubba (Swedish)

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      "sense": "cause to become insensitive",
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      "sense": "cause to become insensitive",
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      "sense": "cause to become insensitive",
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      "sense": "cause to become insensitive",
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