Definition of "desensitizer" []

• Anything that desensitizes (noun)
• Any substance applied to the non-image part of a lithographic plate so that ink will not stick to it (noun)

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• "Time, that great desensitizer, has not diminished my feelings for Rickie."
• "He dabbed the tooth desensitizer on the edges of the wound"
• "That militaristic enviornment is a desensitizer, ensuring a lack of emotional depth."