lobotomises
Surgically disconnects lobes
Lobotomises is the British spelling of lobotomizes—to perform a lobotomy, a surgical procedure that severs connections in the brain's prefrontal lobe.
The surgery was once used to treat mental illness but is now largely abandoned.
Figuratively, to lobotomise is to render someone passive, uncritical, or intellectually dulled: Television lobotomises the viewer.
Medical field treating brain surgically
- psychosurgerySurgery for mental illness
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- trepanationSurgical skull perforation
- scalpelPrecise surgical knife
anesthesia · surgeon · operating · surgical · hemisphere · cortex · Freeman · transorbital
Reduces force or feeling
- zombifiesConverts to undead state
- neutersSurgically prevents reproduction
- defangsRemoves ability to harm
- gutsEntrails or boldness
sanitizes · sterilizes · homogenizes · censors · suppresses · silences · strips · emasculates
Severely reduces capacity
- impairsLessens effectiveness or strength
- disablesRenders inoperable
- dullsReduces sharpness or intensity
- numbsDeprives of sensation
flattens · sedates · pacifies · stupor · apathy · blunting · confusion · incapacity
Callously causing suffering
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- malpracticeHarmful professional negligence
experimentation · controversy · barbaric · abuse · violation · exploitation · vulnerable · irreversible
Shelter from persecution
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- restraintControl over impulses
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
bedlam · incarceration · warehousing · patient · ward · Willowbrook · overcrowding · underfunding
neurosurgery
Medical field treating brain surgically
- psychosurgerySurgery for mental illness
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- trepanationSurgical skull perforation
scalpel · anesthesia · surgeon · operating · surgical · hemisphere · cortex · Freeman · transorbital · severing
deadens
Reduces force or feeling
- zombifiesConverts to undead state
- neutersSurgically prevents reproduction
- defangsRemoves ability to harm
guts · sanitizes · sterilizes · homogenizes · censors · suppresses · silences · strips · emasculates · defuses
debilitates
Severely reduces capacity
- impairsLessens effectiveness or strength
- disablesRenders inoperable
- dullsReduces sharpness or intensity
numbs · flattens · sedates · pacifies · stupor · apathy · blunting · confusion · incapacity · docility
inhumane
Callously causing suffering
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
malpractice · experimentation · controversy · barbaric · abuse · violation · exploitation · vulnerable · irreversible · condemned
asylum
Shelter from persecution
- schizophreniaPsychotic disorder with delusions
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- restraintControl over impulses
commitment · bedlam · incarceration · warehousing · patient · ward · Willowbrook · overcrowding · underfunding
lobotomisessharpens
Makes cutting edge keener
enlightens · stimulates · awakens · enhances · enlivens
lobotomisesrehabilitates
Returns to good condition
medicates · counsels · psychoanalyses · nurtures · cures
lobotomisesempowers
Grants ability or authority
liberates · emancipates · frees · awakens · radicalises