traumatize
verb
trau·ma·tize
ˈtrȯ-mə-ˌtīz 
also
ˈtrau̇-
traumatized; traumatizing
: to inflict a trauma upon
Examples of traumatize in a Sentence
He was traumatized by the experience.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
That way, the team could cut extraneous questions that obscured a client’s true vulnerability and could be traumatizing for a client to talk through unnecessarily.
—Carly Stern, Vox, 6 Dec. 2024
Just getting to and from your car can put you in a near death experience and traumatize you for years.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2024
For many Israelis still traumatized by the Oct. 7 massacre, the concept is anathema as well.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Traumatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traumatize. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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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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