Desensitized
Desensitized adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Reduced and desensitized are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reduced" instead a verb "Desensitized".
Nearby Words: desensitised, desensitizing
Reduced
Reduced adjective - Made less in size or amount or degree.
Desensitized and reduced are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desensitized" instead a verb "Reduced".
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Both words in one sentence
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Fire, loud noises like from steam engines (it took Beauty two weeks to get desensitized to it), reduced vision like from blinkers, sudden or constant noises like from crowded streets, etc.
Source: Literature / Black Beauty
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