hypnotize
verb
hyp·no·tize
ˈhip-nə-ˌtīz 
hypnotized; hypnotizing
1
: to induce hypnosis in
2
: to dazzle or overcome by or as if by suggestion
a voice that hypnotizes its hearers
drivers hypnotized by speed
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Examples of hypnotize in a Sentence
The therapist hypnotized him and asked him questions about his traumatic experiences in the war.
He can hypnotize people with his stare.
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Her ease with melody and the featherlight articulation of heavy emotions position Krieger among the most disarming, hypnotizing singer-songwriters to emerge in recent years.
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2024
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—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
The music video, directed by Bijoy Shetty, contains three minutes and 54 seconds of dizzying, high-octane visuals that, paired with the hypnotizing audio, will have you at the edge of your seat, holding a stank face, and nodding to the beat.
—Isha Sharma, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
The album, released in March, features foot-tapping percussion inspired by Latin American Indigenous populations, sounds taken from nature, and Reyna’s often hypnotizing guitar riffs.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2024
What’s real and what isn’t blur together to create a hypnotizing effect, accentuated by the intoxicating tropical atmosphere.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
The music video, directed by Bijoy Shetty, contains three minutes and 54 seconds of dizzying, high-octane visuals that, paired with the hypnotizing audio, will have you at the edge of your seat, holding a stank face, and nodding to the beat.
—Isha Sharma, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
The album, released in March, features foot-tapping percussion inspired by Latin American Indigenous populations, sounds taken from nature, and Reyna’s often hypnotizing guitar riffs.
—Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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hypnotize
verb
hyp·no·tize
ˈhip-nə-ˌtīz
hypnotized; hypnotizing
1
: to cause hypnosis in
2
: to deaden judgment or resistance by or as if by hypnotic suggestion
Medical Definition
hypnotize
transitive verb
hyp·no·tize
variants
also British hypnotise
hypnotized also British hypnotised; hypnotizing also British hypnotising
1
: to induce hypnosis in
2
: to influence by or as if by suggestion
a voice that hypnotizes its hearers
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