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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.
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Regular fluoride applications will both strengthen and desensitize teeth.
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Their goal is to desensitize the students to the dental hygiene experience of regular dental check-up visits.
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The plaintiff, who credits SensaSlim with helping him to lose weight, admits to having sprayed the products on his genitals on the theory that it would desensitize his penis and enable him to prolong sexual relations with his (female) partner.
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