sensitizing
present participle ofsensitize
sensitize
verb[T]
(UKusuallysensitise)uk/ˈsen.sɪ.taɪz/us/ˈsen.sə.taɪz/sensitizeverb[T](REACT EASILY)
to make someonesensitiveto something:
Itseemsverylikelythatairpollutantsare sensitizingpeopleso that theybecomeallergictopollen.
Reacting and responding
- act onsomething
- backlash
- bat
- batsomethingback
- bite
- bite back (atsomeone/something)
- overreact
- overreaction
- pearl-clutching
- play it by earidiom
- press/pushsomeone'sbuttonsidiom
- reaction
- respond
- strike while the iron is hotidiom
- supersensitivity
- ticklish
- toe
- ultra-sensitive
- wake
- wake up!idiom
sensitizeverb[T](MAKE AWARE)
to make someonefamiliarwith something such as aproblemorbadsituation:
Theassociationaimsto sensitizeemployerstotheproblemsfacedbyleft-handedpeoplein theworkplace.
Announcing, informing & stating
- acquaintsomeone/yourselfwithsomething
- affirm
- annunciation
- avowedly
- awaken
- awakensomeonetosomething
- break
- break it/the news tosomeoneidiom
- breathe/say a wordidiom
- disseminate
- known
- on the recordidiom
- pass
- proclamation
- putsomethingout ofitsmiseryidiom
- rapporteur
- resensitize
- rollout
- self-anointed
- statement
Examplesofsensitizing
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Potentialsensitizingeffects of antidepressant drugs on depression.
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Rather, reshuffles work bysensitizingministers to the future consequences of their actions.
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This is thought to be due to a reduction in exposure tosensitizingantigens.
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The role of early stressors insensitizingphysiological systems was also demonstrated in humans.
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The recovery of worms from 4 mice on day 5 after infection confirmed that thesensitizinginfections established normally.
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Farah (1989) showed that instructions to attend to a region were even more effective insensitizinga region than instructions to imagine the relevant-shaped region.
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In this case, work stressors could increase adolescent vulnerability and be "stresssensitizing," lowering thresholds of reactivity and diminishing coping skills when similar problems are subsequently encountered.
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If this were the case, teenage par t-time work would be "stresssensitizing," lowering thresholds of reactivity to subsequent stressors and increasing the risk of poor young-adult mental health.
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If suchsensitizingeffects were operative, a systematic association with duration of institutional deprivation would be expected, but one that had remained "dormant" until middle childhood.
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Certainsensitizingand possibly allergenic substances should be marked even if they can only provoke a reaction in sensitized people.
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One dozen was usually awarded as a highlysensitizingprelude to running the gauntlet.
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- reflective equilibrium
- reflective glass
- reflective journal
- reflectively
- reflective material
- reflective quality
- reflective surface
- reflect-on
- reflect on sb/sth
- reflect-on-sb-sth
- reflect on someone/something
- reflector
- reflex
- reflex angle
- reflex-angle
- reflex arc
- reflex-arc
- reflexed
- reflexive
- reflexively
- reflexivity
- reflexology
- refloat
- reflux
- refocus