hospitalize
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/ˈhɒspɪtəˌlaɪz/
Definition of hospitalize
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.
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verb
- To send to hospital; to admit (a person) to hospital.
- (archaic)To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.
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(person)To cause (a person) to require hospitalization.
“Shortly after World War I started, a painful arthritis in his knees hospitalized him.”
“He fought on the ever-retreating front until July, 1943, without injury but then took a bullet in his helmet, his first wound, which hospitalized him for four weeks. […] ¶ […] ¶ […] Hospitalized again, he was later assigned to a supply unit until again hospitalized by a deep infection behind his knee.”
“My father had begun his long, slow decline long before that, but subsequently, on each of the anniversaries of her death, he had suffered increasingly debilitating crises that had hospitalized him and left him still more frail than before.”
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(person)To cause (a person) to require hospitalization.
“For example, just this month in Los Angeles a Jewish school principal was beaten and hospitalized by angry Hispanics who were upset because the mostly-Latino school their kids went to didn't also have a Hispanic principal.”
“One teacher in a Rochester, NY, school was hospitalized by an angry parent who came to school and attacked the teacher.”
“My step-brother, on his mission, was hospitalized by an angry inactive mormon.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From hospital + -ize. Piecewise doublet of hotelize.
Words you can make from hospitalize
200+ playable · top: ZAPTIEHS (22 pts)
Best play zaptiehs 22 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
14 words7-letter words
44 words- ZAPTIEH 21 pts
- HAZIEST 19 pts
- THIAZOL 19 pts
- PLOTZES 18 pts
- SPATZLE 18 pts
- TOPAZES 18 pts
- ZIPOLAS 18 pts
- AZOTISE 16 pts
- LAZIEST 16 pts
- ZEALOTS 16 pts
- ZLOTIES 16 pts
- ZOISITE 16 pts
- HAPLITE 12 pts
- HOPLITE 12 pts
- LITHOPS 12 pts
- OPHITES 12 pts
- SHILPIT 12 pts
- TAPHOLE 12 pts
- TEASHOP 12 pts
- EOLITHS 10 pts
- HALITES 10 pts
- HELIAST 10 pts
- HOLIEST 10 pts
- HOSTILE 10 pts
- LITHIAS 10 pts
- LITHOES 10 pts
- LOATHES 10 pts
- APLITES 9 pts
- APOSTIL 9 pts
- APOSTLE 9 pts
- ATOPIES 9 pts
- OPIATES 9 pts
- PALIEST 9 pts
- PELOTAS 9 pts
- PIOLETS 9 pts
- PISTOLE 9 pts
- PLATIES 9 pts
- SPILITE 9 pts
- TALIPES 9 pts
- TOPSAIL 9 pts
- IOLITES 7 pts
- ISOLATE 7 pts
- LAITIES 7 pts
- OILIEST 7 pts
6-letter words
99 words- PHIZES 20 pts
- AZOTHS 18 pts
- HAZELS 18 pts
- EPIZOA 17 pts
- SPELTZ 17 pts
- ZIPOLA 17 pts
- AZOLES 15 pts
- AZOTES 15 pts
- LAZIES 15 pts
- SLEAZO 15 pts
- ZEALOT 15 pts
- ALEPHS 11 pts
- OPHITE 11 pts
- PALISH 11 pts
- PATHOS 11 pts
- PHIALS 11 pts
- PITHOI 11 pts
- PITHOS 11 pts
- POISHA 11 pts
- POLISH 11 pts
- POTASH 11 pts
- SPATHE 11 pts
- SPILTH 11 pts
- TOPHES 11 pts
- EOLITH 9 pts
- HALEST 9 pts
- HALITE 9 pts
- HALOES 9 pts
- HAOLES 9 pts
- HASLET 9 pts
- HELIOS 9 pts
- HELOTS 9 pts
- HOLIES 9 pts
- HOLIST 9 pts
- HOSTEL 9 pts
- HOTELS 9 pts
- ISOHEL 9 pts
- LATHES 9 pts
- LATHIS 9 pts
- LATISH 9 pts
- LITHIA 9 pts
- LITHOS 9 pts
- LOATHE 9 pts
- LOTAHS 9 pts
- SAITHE 9 pts
- SHEILA 9 pts
- SHELTA 9 pts
- TAHSIL 9 pts
- THALIS 9 pts
- THIOLS 9 pts
- THOLES 9 pts
- APLITE 8 pts
- ASLOPE 8 pts
- ESPIAL 8 pts
- LIPASE 8 pts
- OPIATE 8 pts
- PALEOS 8 pts
- PALEST 8 pts
- PALETS 8 pts
- PASTEL 8 pts
- PASTIE 8 pts
- PASTIL 8 pts
- PATIOS 8 pts
- PATOIS 8 pts
- PELOTA 8 pts
- PETALS 8 pts
- PETSAI 8 pts
- PIETAS 8 pts
- PILOSE 8 pts
- PILOTS 8 pts
- PIOLET 8 pts
- PISTIL 8 pts
- PISTOL 8 pts
- PITIES 8 pts
- PLAITS 8 pts
- PLATES 8 pts
- PLEATS 8 pts
- POLEIS 8 pts
- POLIES 8 pts
- POLITE 8 pts
- POSTAL 8 pts
- POSTIE 8 pts
- POTSIE 8 pts
- SAPOTE 8 pts
- SEPTAL 8 pts
- SOPITE 8 pts
- SPITAL 8 pts
- SPOILT 8 pts
- STAPLE 8 pts
- STIPEL 8 pts
- TEPALS 8 pts
- AIOLIS 6 pts
- IOLITE 6 pts
- LIAISE 6 pts
- OSTEAL 6 pts
- SALTIE 6 pts
- SOLATE 6 pts
- STELAI 6 pts
- TOILES 6 pts
5-letter words
41 words- AZOTH 17 pts
- HAZEL 17 pts
- HAZES 17 pts
- AZOLE 14 pts
- AZOTE 14 pts
- ALEPH 10 pts
- APHIS 10 pts
- APISH 10 pts
- EPHAS 10 pts
- HEAPS 10 pts
- HELPS 10 pts
- HOPES 10 pts
- ALTHO 8 pts
- ETHOS 8 pts
- HAETS 8 pts
- HAILS 8 pts
- HALES 8 pts
- HALOS 8 pts
- HALTS 8 pts
- HAOLE 8 pts
- HASTE 8 pts
- HATES 8 pts
- HEALS 8 pts
- HEATS 8 pts
- HEILS 8 pts
- HEIST 8 pts
- HELIO 8 pts
- HELOS 8 pts
- HELOT 8 pts
- HILTS 8 pts
- HOISE 8 pts
- HOIST 8 pts
- HOLES 8 pts
- HOLTS 8 pts
- HOSEL 8 pts
- ESTOP 7 pts
- AIOLI 5 pts
- AISLE 5 pts
- ALIST 5 pts
- ALOES 5 pts
- ALTOS 5 pts
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