sensitize
verb
sen·si·tize
ˈsen(t)-sə-ˌtīz 
sensitized; sensitizing
: to make sensitive or hypersensitive
: to become sensitive
sensitizer
noun
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Deanna Pai, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
In short, our defense mechanisms fail to sensitize employees to the dangers of spam and scam messages—and as a result, do not improve overall cybersecurity.
—Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
These international initiatives aim to undermine homophobia by sensitizing the world to the fact that despite securing rights once thought to be unattainable, gay people remain among the world’s most vulnerable minorities, even in some of the world’s most liberal societies.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2017
The researchers relied on optogenetics, a sophisticated genetic tool that uses a laser to control neurons that have been sensitized to light.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2014
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Deanna Pai, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
In short, our defense mechanisms fail to sensitize employees to the dangers of spam and scam messages—and as a result, do not improve overall cybersecurity.
—Kevin Korte, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
These international initiatives aim to undermine homophobia by sensitizing the world to the fact that despite securing rights once thought to be unattainable, gay people remain among the world’s most vulnerable minorities, even in some of the world’s most liberal societies.
—Omar G. Encarnación, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2017
The researchers relied on optogenetics, a sophisticated genetic tool that uses a laser to control neurons that have been sensitized to light.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Aug. 2014
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“Sensitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sensitize. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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sensitize
transitive verb
sen·si·tize
variants
also British sensitise
sensitized also British sensitised; sensitizing also British sensitising
: to make sensitive or hypersensitive
the patient was sensitized to the drug
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