Meaning & use
inure
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To make someone accustomed to something unpleasant or difficult, usually through repeated exposure.
See it in a sentence
Years of night shifts had inured her to working while everyone else slept.
Soldiers can become inured to the sound of gunfire after enough time in combat.
A note on using this word
Inure is almost always used in the passive form 'inured to,' describing a gradual loss of sensitivity to hardship.
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Words with an opposite meaning
sensitize
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