unhypnotize

English

Etymology

un- +‎ hypnotize

Verb

unhypnotize (third-person singular simple present unhypnotizes, present participle unhypnotizing, simple past and past participle unhypnotized)

1. (transitive) To cause to break out of a hypnotic trance.
   • 1984, Clifford B. Hicks, Pop and Peter Potts, page 77:

     You unhypnotize a chicken by poking its head out from under its wing so it can see again.

   • 2014, Eli Horowitz, Kevin Moffett, Matthew Derby, The Silent History, page 35:

     Like, what if a doctor figured out a word or a method that would unhypnotize them?

   • 2017, Nicole Helm, Stone Cold Texas Ranger:

     If this is hypnotism, unhypnotize him.