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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Regina Kim, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Clearly, they are traumatized from what's happened with this affordability crisis that was brought on by the previous administration.
—NBC News, 16 Mar. 2025
Partition is never an appealing policy option, least of all on a continent traumatized by the way colonial powers arbitrarily carved up communities.
—Hannah Rae Armstrong, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Ridley, traumatized by the cancer death of her mother and considered mostly a wastrel by those around her for pursuing a degree in the dread-inducing major of art history, knows a thing or two about the mythology behind these kindly rainbow-spewing creatures.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Traumatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traumatize. Accessed 31 Mar. 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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