DESENSITIZE

[UK and ANZ] usually -ise [verb] [T] - to cause (someone) to experience esp. an emotion or a pain less strongly than beforeSeeing too much violence on television can desensitize people to it.People who suffer from allergies can sometimes be given injections to help desensitize them. [T]Where I had the operation, the skin has become completely desensitized. [T]