lobotomize
verb/ləˈbɒtəmaɪz/
/ləˈbɑːtəmaɪz/
(British English also lobotomise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they lobotomize | /ləˈbɒtəmaɪz/ /ləˈbɑːtəmaɪz/ |
| he / she / it lobotomizes | /ləˈbɒtəmaɪzɪz/ /ləˈbɑːtəmaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple lobotomized | /ləˈbɒtəmaɪzd/ /ləˈbɑːtəmaɪzd/ |
| past participle lobotomized | /ləˈbɒtəmaɪzd/ /ləˈbɑːtəmaɪzd/ |
| -ing form lobotomizing | /ləˈbɒtəmaɪzɪŋ/ /ləˈbɑːtəmaɪzɪŋ/ |
- lobotomize somebody to perform a lobotomy on somebody
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- lobotomize somebody to make somebody less intelligent or less mentally active
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