Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1943; see lobotomy + -ize. Related: Lobotomized.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To perform a lobotomy. 2 To remove function.
Usage examples of "lobotomize".
So they were about to lobotomize me when you and Hermine made yourselves known, unlocked my memory, and showed me how to break free.
If he wanted to eliminate a CC agent, all he had to do was lobotomize her anyway.
Odd behavior, he mentally observed, considering they were probably Malcontents and would be lobotomized within 24 hours.
Enclave TZ9, and she showed me how psi-mutes are being forcibly lobotomized, converted to lobos.
No victim could escape this stronghold without being lobotomized, and no police force could spring a surprise inspection to catch the illicit lobo lab.
What use to save his immediate body, if the lobos won and lobotomized him?
Had we been successful, we would have had the key to restore all lobotomized psi-talents.
Fed through tubes, lobotomized to keep them calm, slaughtered by machines.
What was the point of arguing with a lobotomized version of Tom Selleck?
Their lobotomized eyes followed his motions, but none of the three made a sound.
ESATC officials were now considering having the AI lobotomized and parceled out.
None of them were working, but most of them looked intact, and after all, the poor lobotomized thing had probably flown here under its own power.
This should not come as news except to those who will not understand it, those whom the marketers have lobotomized or those who were of diminished capacity to begin with.
No doubt Piebald was smart enough to keep all three of them sedated until they reached another lobo lobotomizing station.
They were the result of a bokor or sorcerer lobotomizing the victim's personality and higher brain functions through hypnosis, autosuggestion, and a complex pharmacopoeia that included fish, frogs, and ferns.