hospitalize

verb

Definition of hospitalizenext
as in to nurse
to place (someone) in a hospital for care or treatment The doctor wants to hospitalize her for a few days so that he can run some tests.

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Recent Examples of hospitalize In Madrid’s central Puerta del Sol, tarpaulin tents have blanketed the square for weeks to protest rising housing costs, sparked by the eviction of María del Carmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman who later died while hospitalized. — Teresa Medrano, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026 Ten other people, ages 5 to 68, were also hit and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, Police Capt. — Maggie Vespa, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026 An additional woman, 61, was hospitalized for medical complications unrelated to traumatic injuries, bringing the total number transported to 11. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 Police said her injuries were serious but not life threatening, and she was hospitalized. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hospitalize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hospitalize
  1. nurse
  2. treat
  3. drug
  4. attend
  5. dose
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  • Joeys will leave the pouch at about 235 days old, but will continue to nurse until about 1-year-old, sometimes longer.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The Saints could be without star quarterback Brailon Davis who’s nursing an injury, but backup Bodie Brown has stepped in and completed 32 of 45 for 454 yards and seven touchdowns in the past two games.
    — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of nurse
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  • The family-friendly festivities include trick-or-treating bags for the first 250 children younger than 12 in the vendor and tattoo rooms on Saturday, plus a kids’ costume contest where every participating child wins and specialty drinks.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Bass, who was married to a Chicano and treats her ex-husband’s children as her own, isn’t fluent but has a robust Spanish-language outreach for her campaign, complete with ads, mailers and websites.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of treat
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  • But many visitors, like Mark, don’t report the criminals who drug and almost kill them.
    — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026
  • An inside man—a warehouse security guard—would drug the tea (or coffee) of his coworkers to knock them out.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 July 2026
Definition of drug
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  • Edmond and fellow applicant Jessica Thibodeaux attended the meeting, and each addressed the council to discuss their background and interest in civic service.
    — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Ronnie Smith, 66, of Schertz, Texas, was among the more than 1,000 people that the Talarico campaign said attended his San Antonio rally with actress Eva Longoria.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of attend
Verb
  • The first followed the longstanding recommendation that all newborns receive their first hepatitis B vaccine dose shortly after birth.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Circuit training required a lower exercise dose to reach the maximum benefit, at around 580 MET-minutes per week.
    — Currie Engel, HEALTH, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of dose

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“Hospitalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hospitalize. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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