Desensitize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  desensitize \desensitize\ v. t.
     to rendered insensitive or less sensitive. Opposite of
     {sensitize}.
  
     Syn: deaden.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  desensitize
       v 1: cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many
            soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized"
            [syn: {desensitise}] [ant: {sensitize}, {sensitize}]
       2: make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"
          [syn: {desensitise}] [ant: {sensitize}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "desensitize":
     KO, anesthetize, bedaze, benumb, besot, blunt, chloroform,
     coldcock, deaden, dope, drug, dull, etherize, freeze, hebetate,
     kayo, knock out, knock senseless, knock stiff, knock unconscious,
     lay out, mull, narcotize, numb, obtund, palsy, paralyze,
     put to sleep, stun, stupefy