Definition of "desensitizing" [desensitizing]

• Present participle of desensitize. (verb)

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• "Americans may succeed in desensitizing themselves to what is going on, as many did with slavery, but most Americans feel decidedly uncomfortable about the stilled heartbeats and brains of 1.5 million human fetuses every year."
• "Being familiar with guns and their destructive capabilities fostered respect for them and was not "desensitizing" as many "consequence free" violent video games."
• "Hip Hop - the misogynist, racist kind - has found no mainstream societal success at "desensitizing" the use of "nigger", "bitch" or "cunt", and it sells into middle class white homes at about 100 times the rate of anything Eve Ensler has offered."