as in treating
to place (someone) in a hospital for care or treatment
The doctor wants to hospitalize her for a few days so that he can run some tests.
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Recent Examples of hospitalizing
Lillian once fought back with an iron skillet and beat Q unconscious, hospitalizing him.
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Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
In July, a small plane flying into the airport crashed into a tree in a Pembroke Pines neighborhood, hospitalizing two adults and two teens.
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Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
Last night, an Air Canada airplane collided with a fire truck on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing two pilots and hospitalizing scores of passengers.
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Juliette Kayyem,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
Low levels of vaccination across the country mean measles outbreaks will continue to occur, needlessly hospitalizing and killing the unvaccinated.
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Andrea Uhlig,
The Conversation,
12 Mar. 2026
Derek Borsody, a first-year medical student at UC, remains unconscious, unresponsive and in intensive care months after a balcony fell about 20 feet from a Stetson Street condominium, hospitalizing 10 people, according to a recent lawsuit filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
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David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
20 Jan. 2026
Statewide, the virus seems to be hospitalizing more children than in past years, Graham said.
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Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
9 Jan. 2026
As of Thursday evening, a manhunt was underway for the man who shot Beam near the Oakland, California community college’s football field, hospitalizing Beam in critical condition and sending the school into lockdown.
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Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
13 Nov. 2025
Flu season was particularly brutal last year, sickening at least 47 million Americans, hospitalizing 610,000 and killing 27,000, according to the CDC.
—
Liz Szabo,
NBC news,
25 Oct. 2025
Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
1 June 2026
In July, a small plane flying into the airport crashed into a tree in a Pembroke Pines neighborhood, hospitalizing two adults and two teens.
—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
Last night, an Air Canada airplane collided with a fire truck on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, killing two pilots and hospitalizing scores of passengers.
—
Juliette Kayyem,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
Low levels of vaccination across the country mean measles outbreaks will continue to occur, needlessly hospitalizing and killing the unvaccinated.
—
Andrea Uhlig,
The Conversation,
12 Mar. 2026
Derek Borsody, a first-year medical student at UC, remains unconscious, unresponsive and in intensive care months after a balcony fell about 20 feet from a Stetson Street condominium, hospitalizing 10 people, according to a recent lawsuit filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
20 Jan. 2026
Statewide, the virus seems to be hospitalizing more children than in past years, Graham said.
—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
9 Jan. 2026
As of Thursday evening, a manhunt was underway for the man who shot Beam near the Oakland, California community college’s football field, hospitalizing Beam in critical condition and sending the school into lockdown.
—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
13 Nov. 2025
Flu season was particularly brutal last year, sickening at least 47 million Americans, hospitalizing 610,000 and killing 27,000, according to the CDC.
—
Liz Szabo,
NBC news,
25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitalizing
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Hosts are treating the tablescape as a love language and bringing back small rituals like candles, cloth napkins, good china on a random weeknight and a toast before the first bite.
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Teacher Pritul Patel said the school's culture embraces students' differences rather than treating them as obstacles.
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An orphaned owl at a rescue center in New York has adopted the role of a foster parent, nursing two orphaned baby owlets and giving them parental love.
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So while Pulisic, who is nursing a calf injury, was missed, he wasn’t needed.
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Their first meeting led to a friendship that has only grown outside of the arena, with Brunson and Marks even attending the premiere of Hargitay's documentary My Mom Jayne at the Tribeca Festival last year.
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Lili Cuevas has been attending camp for the last four years and always brings a special companion with her.
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“Hospitalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalizing. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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