lobotomise
/ləˈbɑtəˌmaɪz/
verb
- To perform a lobotomy, a medical operation that cuts into the front part of the brain, which was once used to treat mental illness but is now considered outdated and harmful.
- Thankfully, modern medicine no longer tries to lobotomise people for psychiatric conditions.
- The decision to lobotomise a patient was often made without fully understanding the long-term effects.
- In the mid-20th century, some doctors would lobotomise patients as a treatment for severe mental disorders.
- To make someone seem dull, unresponsive, or lacking in emotion, as if they have had a lobotomy.
- The repetitive factory work threatened to lobotomise his creativity over time.
- The boring lecture seemed to lobotomise half the students in the room.
- Watching too much mindless television can lobotomise your ability to think critically.