The Collaborative International Dictionary
desensitise
desensitise \desensitise\ v. t. same as desensitize.
Syn: deaden.
Wiktionary
desensitise
vb. (alternative spelling of desensitize English)
WordNet
desensitise
v. cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized" [syn: desensitize] [ant: sensitize, sensitize]
make insensitive; "His military training desensitized him" [syn: desensitize] [ant: sensitize]
Usage examples of "desensitise".
When he had begun the desensitising process five years before, he had found it almost unbearable.