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desensitise

/diːˈsɛn.sɪ.taɪz/

/diˈsɛn.sɪ.taɪz/

Translations

desensitiseverb

desensitised

Past Simple

desensitised

Past Participle

desensitising

Gerund

/diːˈsɛn.sɪ.taɪz/

/diˈsɛn.sɪ.taɪz/

The therapy aims to desensitise patients to their allergies.

Терапия направлена на то, чтобы десенсибилизировать пациентов к их аллергиям.

Additional translations

снижать чувствительность

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desensitiseverb

To make someone less likely to feel shock or distress at scenes of cruelty, violence, or suffering by overexposure to such images.

The constant news coverage of violence can desensitise viewers to the severity of the events.

To make someone less sensitive to a particular substance or stimulus, often through repeated exposure.

The allergy treatment aims to desensitise patients to pollen.