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desensitizer

desensitizer noun: anything that desensitizes.

Noun

desensitizer (plural desensitizers)

  1. Anything that desensitizes.
  2. Any substance applied to the non-image part of a lithographic plate so that ink will not stick to it.

Forms of desensitizer

pluraldesensitizers

Origin of desensitizer

From desensitize + -er.

Questions about desensitizer

What does desensitizer mean?
Desensitizer means anything that desensitizes.
What part of speech is desensitizer?
Desensitizer is a noun.
What is the plural of desensitizer?
The plural of desensitizer is desensitizers.

Words near desensitizer in the dictionary

  1. desensitizable
  2. desensitization
  3. desensitizations
  4. desensitize
  5. desensitized
  6. desensitizer
  7. desensitizers
  8. desensitizes
  9. desensitizing
  10. Desenzano del Garda
  11. desequestrate

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