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desensitised
transitive verb(de-sen-si-tize)
to make less sensitive : reduce sensitivity in : as
desensitised
transitive verb(de-sen-si-tize)
to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent
desensitised
transitive verb(de-sen-si-tize)
to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli which formerly induced it : make emotionally insensitive

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