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What is another word for desensitize?

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Verb
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To cause to become less sensitive or insensitive
deaden
numb
benumb
dull
anaesthetiseUK
anesthetizeUS
soothe
pacify
lull
make inactive
make less sensitive
render insensible
blunt
sedate
stupefy
anaesthetizeUK
knock out
relax
narcotize
dope
render insensitive
treat
poison
paralyseUK
paralyzeUS
dampen
dose
drug
obtund
fix
hit
analgize
opiate
medicate
physic
diminish
reduce
dose up
tranquilizeUS
dope up
stun
unnerve
harden
daze
dullen
tranquilliseUK
torpefy
damp
coarsen
cauterizeUS
cauteriseUK
make insensitive
freeze
immobilizeUS
suppress
retard
impair
repress
stifle
weaken
indurate
petrify
chill
devitalize
incapacitate
depress
immobiliseUK
callous
stultify
make callous
deprive of sensation
make unfeeling
harden your heart
befuddle
make unconscious
make insensible
render unconscious
lessen
moderate
ease
soften
allay
assuage
decrease
relieve
alleviate
temper
abate
mollify
attenuate
undermine
calm
dilute
appease
muffle
cool
slake
sate
thin
hebetate
tone down
take the edge off
water down
put a damper on
desensitiseUK
smother
mute
still
lower
damp down
check
restrain
curb
lighten
knock senseless
inhibit
limit
lay out
put to sleep
put under
knock unconscious
dim
disable
blur
debilitate
palliate
cushion
rock
silence
mitigate
subdue
mask
quieten
quiet
placate
quell
muddy up
kill
let up on
lay off
take pressure off
extinguish
make powerless
get rid of
put an end to
knock for six
knock for a loop
render powerless
quench
put out
overcome
“The goal is to desensitize you to specific allergens and decrease your need for medications.”
Verb
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To desensitize or cause to be callous and unfeeling
brutaliseUK
brutalizeUS
inure
harden
coarsen
toughen
case-harden
make unfeeling
make callous
condition
adapt
adjust
acclimatizeUS
season
acclimate
habituate
accustom
attune
familiarizeUS
naturalizeUS
temper
naturaliseUK
acclimatiseUK
familiariseUK
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