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- verb Present participle of
sensitise . - adjective Alternative spelling of
sensitizing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
- adjective making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
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Examples
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We are sensitising disease surveillance in large hospitals to look for any child or adult displaying polio-like symptoms.
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Meanwhile, apart from sensitising hundreds of thousands of people around the world to filesharing, the attacks on The Pirate Bay have also catapulted what was an obscure political party into the limelight.
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The Programme Co-ordinator for 'Songtaba', Mr Kudjoe Enoch, said prior to the launch of the -network, his outfit had- undertaken awareness creation programmes in all six camps, sensitising them to the need to have a common voice.
Women From Witch Camps Claim Their Human Rights Christopher 2009
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The Programme Co-ordinator for 'Songtaba', Mr Kudjoe Enoch, said prior to the launch of the -network, his outfit had- undertaken awareness creation programmes in all six camps, sensitising them to the need to have a common voice.
Archive 2009-07-01 Christopher 2009
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Meanwhile, apart from sensitising hundreds of thousands of people around the world to filesharing, the attacks on The Pirate Bay have also catapulted what was an obscure political party into the limelight.
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Through individualised or group activities, this multi-touch interface is designed to facilitate the development of social behaviour, autonomy and imagination by sensitising children to music, sound and creativity.
Archive 2008-12-01 Jak Boumans 2008
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If we all start asking for tap water in restaurants - as I've recently started doing - we will be able to make a direct, if small contribution to reducing the ridiculous environmental costs of bottled water, perhaps start sensitising retaurateurs to the implications of how they choose to run their businesses and, more profoundly, change attitudes to the unthinking privatisation of vital commons like water.
Constant Dripping Wears Away the Stone glyn moody 2008
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It added that the biggest problem facing the country, post-apartheid, was "sensitising black people to recognise that xenophobia is a projection of their own self-hate, a manifestation of years of colonial dehumanisation they and their forefathers suffered."
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The South African Rugby Union (SARU), its provinces and sponsors have embarked on a anti-racism campaign aimed at sensitising supporters on the dangers of racism, SARU said on Thursday
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The challenge was sensitising the public about the implications of that for South Africa's security.
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