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inure

Verb C1 – Advanced

To make someone become used to something unpleasant, so that it no longer bothers them as much.

"Years of night shifts had inured her to working while everyone else slept."

Usually followed by "to," as in "inured to hardship".

Synonyms

harden desensitize