It teaches the person to be "desensitised" to his emotions while preventing the unwanted behaviour.    From Wordnik.com.  [TODAYonline] Reference

Now he says he has been left "desensitised", trusting no one outside his immediate family; his faith in humanity all but destroyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

"desensitised" Curtis, as there had been to that point no long term consequences.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference

Robocop on commercialism and the desensitised media coverage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Critiquing Cloverfield in 3 Easy Steps] Reference

I have also desensitised myself to the Coldplay 'Fix You' song.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Berekah Project] Reference

They feel good that they are lauded as desensitised robo-killers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2003-01-01] Reference

With obscenity barked so loud and so long, people got used to it, desensitised.    From Wordnik.com.  [Country of the Blind]

A society that is so violent that it is becoming desensitised to this kind of thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Perhaps I'm missing something, perhaps I've become desensitised to being sick instead of well already.    From Wordnik.com.  [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference

Are we so desensitised by pop music and aeroplanes and iPods etc that we need excessive loudness in Mahler too?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference

I felt like recently he has started to become desensitised to how I'm feeling, because it's the same every day.    From Wordnik.com.  [sheepdip Diary Entry] Reference

I think the brain starts to shut down after a while, and you just get desensitised to how bad things really are.    From Wordnik.com.  [phluid61 Diary Entry] Reference

The morbid fascination aspect appears to overcome the inherent revulsion over time, perhaps they become desensitised by constant exposure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gamekeeper turned poacher] Reference

De Kock said one did not so much become desensitised by death as one became used to accepting death as a part of one's job and its dangers.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The effect it has is that they become extremely desensitised.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home | Mail Online] Reference

It's like we've all become desensitised to bad customer service.    From Wordnik.com.  [DIARY OF A WEBSITE :: DESIGN BY CAFFEINE] Reference

I drank there a lot myself but I became so desensitised to the situation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

As a society, we seem to have become desensitised to the loss of human lives.    From Wordnik.com.  [TrinidadExpress Today's News] Reference

Because that is just how desensitised we have become to that four letter word.    From Wordnik.com.  [nst online] Reference

Or could it be that the public are becoming desensitised by the subject at last?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slugger O'Toole] Reference

AS we become desensitised to the countless obesity awareness campaigns organised by.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Diseases that arise out of obesity] Reference

You don't get desensitised to it, but as a scientist you must be able to do your job.    From Wordnik.com.  [WalesOnline - Home] Reference

VB: I identify with the girls, being hard and desensitised, and eventually resurrecting.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art Newspaper - RSS] Reference

"If we are so desensitised that we can't feel for a family of ducks, shame on us," she wrote.    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

Once they have been desensitised they are released into the forest area with the other monkeys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Epinions Recent Content for Home] Reference

By now, we're all getting desensitised to horror stories about missing hard drives full of private information.    From Wordnik.com.  [PC Advisor News] Reference