Usually means: Reducing sensitivity or responsiveness gradually.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word desensitizing:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. desensitizing: Merriam-Webster
  2. desensitizing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. desensitizing: Vocabulary.com
  4. desensitizing: Wordnik
  5. desensitizing: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. desensitizing: Wiktionary
  7. desensitizing: Dictionary.com
  8. desensitizing: Rhymezone
  9. desensitizing: FreeDictionary.org
  10. desensitizing: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. desensitizing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. desensitizing: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. desensitizing: Medical dictionary

(Note: See desensitize as well.)

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adjective:  making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli


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