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What does desensitized mean?

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  1. simple past tense and past participle of desensitize
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As violence of any kind is legalized, the society becomes desensitized, resulting in an increase in violence and crime.
After watching five or six competitions I was desensitized to the disgustingness of it.
Of course, once you start watching it, you'll have to get desensitized in a hurry.
Do your think your children are becoming desensitized by what they see and hear?
The war's cruelty has shocked a country that thought it was desensitized to violence.
Evidence suggests that youth who are chronically exposed to community violence can become desensitized to its effects.

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