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hypnotize

[hip-nuh-tahyz] / ˈhɪp nəˌtaɪz /


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Watching a trickster hypnotize someone in a live performance might impress you.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

I knew what she meant: I’d only gotten acupuncture once, despite her promise that bodywork could “unstick” the trauma; I refused to let Dr. M hypnotize me.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2024

Once there, Nandor and Nadja put the anchors to sleep before taking over the newscast to hypnotize their viewers.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2023

I assume he will now hypnotize himself in front of the nearest screen during breakfast instead of asking questions about what he just read.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

I had to convince myself, visualize Fay, hypnotize myself into believing that the woman sitting beside me was Fay.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes




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