LOBOTOMIZED Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

lobotomized

verb

past tense of lobotomize

as in undermined

to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality fear of saying anything controversial has so lobotomized this book on geopolitics that it fails to say anything at all

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Recent Examples of lobotomized Neither of those has happened, with Destiny 2 now lobotomized just a few years after the deal and Marathon struggling to find a playerbase. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 All’s Fair is a 2010s Shonda Rhimes procedural on steroid shots and Goop supplements, if everyone in the writers’ room had been freshly lobotomized. — Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025

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Merz took the opportunity to make a series of changes after a senior ally quit as the leader of his bloc's parliamentary group over personal conduct that undermined his credibility.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Schiff said years of reporting detailing undisclosed gifts, financial conflicts of interest and controversies involving Supreme Court justices have undermined public confidence in the federal judiciary and prompted the legislative package.

— Naomi Taxay, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of undermined

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Those expectations got castrated because of last season’s early struggles.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Earlier this month, on Monday, June 8, Municipal Court Judge Louis Sancinito found Lowe guilty of possessing the deer without a permit, interfering with a conservation officer attempting to confiscate the animal, and having Rudy illegally castrated.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026

Definition of castrated

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Awaiting a diagnosis that never came and drained of funds from a dizzying sequence of medical neglect and malpractice, Hughes could no longer afford a safe place to rest.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
Soil with good structure is well-drained and holds nutrients vital to plant health.

— Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2026

Definition of drained

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Consider what happened in April when Oklahoma Sooners linebacker Owen Heinecke, whom the NCAA deemed had exhausted his eligibility, obtained a court injunction to play this fall.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 July 2026
The shattered standing forlornly by the podium at the end of a draining tournament, hearts broken, bodies exhausted, having to watch as the opposition receive the reward that England were agonisingly close to.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of exhausted

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Researchers, educators, and policymakers questioned whether broadcasting encouraged juvenile delinquency, weakened family relationships, and gave governments and media organizations unprecedented influence over public opinion.

— Michael Edmondson, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Hochul, who weakened the state’s climate goals and signed off on new gas pipelines, is again an example.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of weakened

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The first film follows a group of French high-school students who travel to Naples on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 20 May 2026
Johansson plays her with a tough edge to match her Queens accent, but Hester is clearly petrified by this perfect storm of ugly events.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026

Definition of petrified

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Exposing the dental pulp and cleaning out the cavity’s contents also would have deadened the nerves and blood vessels there, leading to pain relief, Zubova said.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Merrill had the same impulse—the need to become a self not necessarily free of all that money could buy but not crippled or deadened by it, either.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026

Definition of deadened

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Olive trees, desiccated from the Xylella fastidiosa bacterial epidemic, are consumed by fire and slump to the ground in a burnished black heap.

— Angelica Calabrese, Longreads, 7 July 2026
Her flesh is desiccated and gray, her hands and feet are jagged claws, and her breath comes out in rasps.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026

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