Translations for „lobotomize“ in the English » German Dictionary

lo·boto·mize [ləʊˈbɒtəmaɪz, Am loʊˈbɑ:t̬ə-] VB trans usu passive

1. lobotomize MED:

to lobotomize sb

eine Lobotomie an jdm vornehmen

to lobotomize sth fig

etw kastrieren fig

2. lobotomize inf (mentally):

to lobotomize sb

jdn [ge]hirnamputieren sl

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She attempts to lobotomize him.

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It makes me want to lobotomize my medial orbitofrontal cortex out of shame for being a female and having a brain at all.

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The rise of drugs like thorazine make it easier to chemically lobotomize patients -- no more messy ice picks.

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Because if he shows any sort of self-awareness, then it's over, they wouldn't want to lobotomize him.

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I mean, not really lobotomize them but whatever.

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But if your kids are already here then you should just kind of lobotomize them or something.

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