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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The bulletin was sent out of an abundance of caution to sensitize law enforcement around the country to be on the lookout for any activity pointing to the use of vehicles as a method to inflict mass casualties, sources told ABC News.
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2025
For those study participants, 56% had developed sensitivities to cockroaches and 59% to mice; 36% were sensitized to dogs, 39% to cats and 35% to dust mites.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Sep. 2024
Molloy believed that she may have initially been sensitized by pesticide exposures while living near San Francisco.
—Evan Malmgren, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2024
Also be cautious using active ingredients that can sensitize the skin, such as salicylic, glycolic, and lactic acids.
—Daley Quinn, Health, 18 July 2024
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2025
For those study participants, 56% had developed sensitivities to cockroaches and 59% to mice; 36% were sensitized to dogs, 39% to cats and 35% to dust mites.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 30 Sep. 2024
Molloy believed that she may have initially been sensitized by pesticide exposures while living near San Francisco.
—Evan Malmgren, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2024
Also be cautious using active ingredients that can sensitize the skin, such as salicylic, glycolic, and lactic acids.
—Daley Quinn, Health, 18 July 2024
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“Sensitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sensitize. Accessed 18 Jan. 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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