render insensible
VERB
desensitize
Synonyms
Example Sentences
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V. be insensible &c. adj.; have a thick skin, have a rhinoceros hide. render insensible &c. adj.; anaesthetize†, blunt, pall, obtund†, benumb, paralyze; put under the influence of chloroform &c. n.; stupefy, stun.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
