"desensationalize" meaning in All languages combined

See desensationalize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: desensationalizes [present, singular, third-person], desensationalizing [participle, present], desensationalized [participle, past], desensationalized [past]
Etymology: From de- + sensationalize. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|sensationalize}} de- + sensationalize Head templates: {{en-verb}} desensationalize (third-person singular simple present desensationalizes, present participle desensationalizing, simple past and past participle desensationalized)
  1. (transitive) To cause to cease to be sensational; to make acceptable or commonplace. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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