traumatize
verb
trau·ma·tize
ˈtrȯ-mə-ˌtīz 
also
ˈtrau̇-
traumatized; traumatizing
: to inflict a trauma upon
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He was traumatized by the experience.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
The animal has already been traumatized by whatever happened in the past.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2025
Featuring a starry cast (including Will Poulter, Kit Connor, Charles Melton and Joseph Quinn, among others), Warfare recounts a real-life 2006 mission Mendoza and his platoon encountered that left the now-writer traumatized.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
The scenario has played out in American communities for years -- sometimes resulting from bad intelligence, others from inadvertent officer errors -- often leaving property damaged and families traumatized.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Traumatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traumatize. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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traumatize
verb
trau·ma·tize
ˈtrau̇-mə-ˌtīz
ˈtrȯ-
traumatized; traumatizing
: to inflict trauma upon
was traumatized by the accident
Medical Definition
traumatize
transitive verb
trau·ma·tize
variants
also British traumatise
traumatized also British traumatised; traumatizing also British traumatising
: to inflict a trauma upon
traumatized tissues
children traumatized by physical abuse
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