desensitize
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“One of the things that we teach them to do is to massage that over repeatedly throughout the day, to desensitize it,” April says.
From Slate • Oct. 15, 2024
The pretreatment seemed to desensitize the animals to the hormone’s effects later on.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 13, 2023
“The perpetrators of this crime do so in the hope that it will harass and intimidate Jewish families, radicalize others, or desensitize some to the messaging,” the motion adds.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023
The simulations can help patients practice organizational and decision-making skills learned in cognitive behavioral therapy -- currently the standard treatment -- and desensitize them to the distress they feel when discarding.
From Science Daily • Oct. 16, 2023
Then the treatment will desensitize it sufficiently and I can work on it without hurting you at all.'
From Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts by Various
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Common Senses: Sent, Sens ("Feel")
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