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traumatize
[trou-muh-tahyz, traw-]
verb (used with object)
Pathology.to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
Psychiatry.to cause a trauma in (the mind).
to be traumatized by a childhood experience.
traumatize
/ ˈٰɔːəˌٲɪ /
verb
(tr) to wound or injure (the body)
to subject or be subjected to mental trauma
Other 51Թ Forms
- traumatization noun
- untraumatized adjective
- ˌٰܳپˈپDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of traumatize1
Example Sentences
The incident has traumatized her four kids whose ages range from 2 to 10, according to Medina.
Bass has spoken repeatedly about traumatized Angelenos who could not locate loved ones caught up in the ICE raids.
Rather, he says, there are “huge responsibilities, particularly when you’re dealing with the traumatized,” that are at cross-purposes with the conventions of narrative TV.
“The ICE raids,” he added, “are having a traumatizing and devastating impact on our community … and we have very serious concerns about the conditions of the people that they’re picking up.”
Dyer’s father was traumatized by the austerity of growing up in England between two military cataclysms, and his daily satisfaction is bound in his ability to pinch pences.
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