That quote is from Scientists look to 'desensitise' kids to food allergens by Stephen Daniells on the FoodNavigator-USA. com site.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference

Maybe there’s a way to desensitise oneself to the guilt?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » NYT Falsely Claims 9/11 Commission Concluded Lewinsky Distracted Clinton Admin From Terrorism] Reference

The research team also believes that the new, safer peanut could also be used to help desensitise sufferers.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Peanut Created That Could Free Millions of People from Fear of Deadly Allergic Reaction | Impact Lab] Reference

One can exercise to desensitise yourself against the effect so that you no longer feel nauseous or uncomfortable.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Weird I though video games were supposed to desensitise people, but everyone is like “Omg there goes my lunch”.    From Wordnik.com.  [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - My shin hurts!!!!] Reference

I think that government and police are doing these things quite deliberately to desensitise and cower the population.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference

I imagine that would desensitise them to the presence of people nearby, but I think in this case that step has already been passed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Time for a parrot] Reference

Rather the reverse: the more money people acquire, the more they seek to cocoon and desensitise themselves from the broader community.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zero-sum World: Politics, Power and Prosperity After the Crash by Gideon Rachman – review] Reference

He's given me information on dilators, which are every bit as glamourous as they sound, for 2, and I can basically desensitise myself with determination and gritted teeth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gynae visit] Reference

The resolution said the so-called "values clarification" in health training served to break down moral boundaries, and to desensitise care-givers to the sanctity of human life.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It may desensitise you somewhat to human suffering, when you encounter it in the real world, but all kinds of things do that, without being intimately connected with your own agency.    From Wordnik.com.  [If your robot seems human enough, would it not damage your soul to mistreat it?] Reference

Part of the plan to desensitise the group included a session of hypnosis, after which they all came face-to-face with one of the scariest spiders on the planet - a very large tarantula.    From Wordnik.com.  [look into my eyes . . . . . . accidental beneficial hypnotherapy and more] Reference

Look at pictures of planes, read books about them, desensitise yourself.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Clinical trials using peanuts to desensitise patients have already produced some success.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

It is time the ANC stop using denial tactics to brainwash the masses and desensitise them from reality.    From Wordnik.com.  [News24 Top Stories] Reference

Then you gradually desensitise your body to the sting by injecting it in and out of your skin a few times.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

It's certainly true that mandatory notification laws have the potential to desensitise the public to data losses.    From Wordnik.com.  [IWR Blog] Reference

Glenn Mitchell from Quit Tasmania says research shows graphic images of diseased organs can desensitise some smokers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

They consciously and deliberately desensitise the world to ever-increasing violations so that they can escape scrutiny.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine Blogs aggregator]

Supernanny has turned her attention to violent video games, declaring 20 minutes of gameplay enough to desensitise children.    From Wordnik.com.  [OCAU News] Reference

Doctors told the family they hoped the drug, which is sprayed under the tongue, would gradually desensitise Danny to his allergy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

Doctors confident of 'cure' for childhood peanut allergy trial to desensitise sufferers of allergy that affects 4% of schoolchildren.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Academy Award winner Kate Winslet's marriage to Sam Mendes latest cursed by Oscars] Reference

Some allergy treatments involve controlled administration of small amounts of allergenic substances to desensitise the allergic response.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Professor Simon Brown has been working on a program to desensitise hyper-allergic patients, and says they have had a 100 per cent success rate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News - Yahoo!7 News] Reference

Desensitisation of the affected skin patch: if the skin tends to be very sensitive to cold, for example, the application of ice may desensitise the area.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

What I believe this does is desensitise people to the impact that their actions can have on another human being, and of course you can restart the game and everyone is back to normal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Word Magazine - Comments] Reference

'I didn't grow up in the hunt tradition, and to be honest I'm rather glad of that because I think it can desensitise you, to a degree that you think it is normal to behave like this.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

If he was mine, I'd do loads of ground work, using pressure and release/advance and retreat techniques to desensitise him to everything I could think of, and really try to build his confidence.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Today, as the media fires ricochets on the possibility of war between India and Pakistan, the war strategists use the same political language developed by the US to desensitise the populace of realities.    From Wordnik.com.  [GotPoetry.com News] Reference

Maybe there’s a way to desensitise oneself to the guilt?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » NYT Falsely Claims 9/11 Commission Concluded Lewinsky Distracted Clinton Admin From Terrorism] Reference