desensitize
— Verb
– English
～ cause not to be sensitive; "The war desensitized many soldiers"; "The photographic plate was desensitized"
desensitizing
— Adjective
– English
～ making less susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
desert
— Verb
– English
～ leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
desert
— Verb
– English
～ desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"
desert
— Verb
– English
～ leave behind; "the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period"
desert
— Noun
– English
～ (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
desert
— Noun
– English
～ arid land with little or no vegetation
desert boot
— Noun
– English
～ a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
deserted
— Adjective
– English
～ forsaken by owner or inhabitants; "weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse"
deserter
— Noun
– English
～ a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
deserter
— Noun
– English
～ a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
desertification
— Noun
– English
～ the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land; "the dust storms in Korea are the result of rapid desertification in China"
desertion
— Noun
– English
～ withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless"
desertion
— Noun
– English
～ the act of giving something up
deserve
— Verb
– English
～ be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
deserved
— Adjective
– English
～ properly deserved; "a merited success"
deservedly
— Adverb
– English
～ as deserved; "he chalked up two goals which deservedly gave Bolton their second victory of the season"
deserving
— Adjective
– English
～ (often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way; "an idea worth considering"; "the deserving poor"; "a deserving cause"
deservingness
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
desex
— Verb
– English
～ make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"