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desensitize someone to something to make someone less sensitive to something. The doctor wanted to desensitize the allergic child to pollen. I took injections to desensitize me to house dust. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Another gun-control advocate, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, acknowledged in 1996 that the only real justification for such a move was "not to reduce crime but to desensitize the public to the regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation. Ethyl Chloride Pain-Ease[R] is a topical skin refrigerant that can be used to desensitize the affected area prior to minor surgical procedures, injections, and venipuncture and IV procedures. Greenwood of the RAND Corporation notes, "Studies of responses to punishment suggest that initial low levels of punishment and gradual escalation desensitize subjects and make them less likely to respond. |
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