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desensitizes
verb(de-sen-si-tize)
to make (a sensitized or hypersensitive individual) insensitive or nonreactive to a sensitizing agent
desensitizes
verb(de-sen-si-tize)
to make emotionally insensitive or callous; specifically : to extinguish an emotional response (as of fear, anxiety, or guilt) to stimuli that formerly induced it

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