sensitizeverb [ T ]
UK usually sensitise uk/ˈsen.sɪ.taɪz/us/ˈsen.sə.taɪz/sensitize verb [ T ] (REACT EASILY)
to make someone sensitive to something:
It seems very likely that air pollutants are sensitizing people so that they become allergic to pollen.
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Reacting and responding
- backlash
- bite
- bite back (at sb/sth)
- chain reaction
- counteract
- greet
- knob
- react
- reactive
- recoil
- reflexively
- respond
- response
- responsive
- rise
- sensitive
- shock wave
- strike
- wake (sb) up
- worm
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sensitize verb [ T ] (MAKE AWARE)
to make someone familiar with something such as a problem or bad situation:
The association aims to sensitize employers to the problems faced by left-handed people in the workplace.
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Announcing, informing & stating
- acquaint sb/yourself with sth
- advise
- annunciation
- awake
- come out
- confront
- declare
- fyi
- give sb a heads up idiom
- hand
- head
- let sb know idiom
- official
- predicate
- pronouncement
- put
- put sth out 1
- spread the word idiom
- tell
- unannounced
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