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Adjective desensitised has 2 senses
  1. desensitized, desensitised - rendered emotionally insensitive; "a desensitized public indifferent to the violence in films"
    Antonym: sensitive (indirect, via insensitive)
  2. desensitized, desensitised - made less sensitive; "desensitized to the allergen"; "desensitized photographic film is less sensitive to light"
    Antonym: sensitive (indirect, via insensitive)
,Verb desensitise has 2 senses
  1. desensitize, desensitise - cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized"
    --1 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Antonyms: sensitize, sensitise
    Derived form: noun desensitisation1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
  2. desensitize, desensitise - make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him"
    --2 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Derived form: noun desensitisation1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
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