desensitize

Mollner and Lawrence keep the story locked on the boys, never elaborating on this desensitizing idea but continuing to show us the dehumanizing torture they endure.

I don’t want to say that’s right or wrong, but from what I’m seeing, a lot of people have become desensitized to violence.

Dains, who previously held top shelter jobs in San José and Long Beach, said her employees were desensitized to the suffering of the animals after witnessing it day after day.

Doo-man can’t work to the best of his ability unless he eats, even if it means desensitizing himself to life’s gruesome truths.

“I had become desensitized to tragedy in a way, and I hope this movie makes people question that.”