1. to perform a lobotomy on (a person); to surgically cut nerve pathways in the frontal lobe of the brain
Usage: medical; historical
2. to make (someone) less able to think clearly or act independently
Usage: figurative

Examples

• Doctors once lobotomized patients with severe mental illness.
• The controversial procedure was used to lobotomize thousands of people in the mid-20th century.
• Critics argued that television would lobotomize viewers.
• The repetitive work seemed to lobotomize the factory workers.
• She felt the medication would lobotomize her creativity.
• The boring lecture threatened to lobotomize the entire class.