lobotomize

/ləˈbɑtəmaɪz/
verb
  1. To perform a lobotomy on someone, a medical procedure that cuts connections in the brain's frontal lobe.
    • The surgeon decided not to lobotomize the patient after reviewing newer treatment options.
    • In the past, doctors would lobotomize patients with severe mental illness as a last resort.
    • Thankfully, modern medicine rarely requires doctors to lobotomize anyone.
  2. To make someone or something dull, unresponsive, or lacking in creativity or emotion.
    • The repetitive video game can lobotomize your brain if you play it for hours.
    • She felt the long meeting would lobotomize her into a zombie.
    • Working in that boring office all day seemed to lobotomize his sense of humor.
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