as in horrible
causing great and lasting pain or distress
The family struggled to cope with the traumatic experience of losing their home.
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Recent Examples of traumatic
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates around 84,000 people have conditions related to exposure to dust, smoke, debris, and traumatic events.
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2025
The coroner listed Edwards’ cause of death as traumatic blunt force injuries and the manner of death as accidental.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 11 Feb. 2025
Service Dogs has placed canines with the disabled, the deaf and people who have experienced traumatic events.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 12 Feb. 2025
But don’t forget to check those content warnings — Goree-Bell does not shy away from difficult and traumatic experiences in her stories.
—Brynne Weaver, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2025
The coroner listed Edwards’ cause of death as traumatic blunt force injuries and the manner of death as accidental.
—Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 11 Feb. 2025
Service Dogs has placed canines with the disabled, the deaf and people who have experienced traumatic events.
—Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 12 Feb. 2025
But don’t forget to check those content warnings — Goree-Bell does not shy away from difficult and traumatic experiences in her stories.
—Brynne Weaver, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traumatic
Adjective
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There are so many horrible things happening in the world.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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Still, a light at the end of this very horrible long tunnel might be a bit more visible at this time.—
Greg Palkot,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Throughout her childhood, Dee Dee subjected her Gypsy-Rose to years of painful medical procedures that were not needed.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Whether a client hires a single architect to design a house or a team to work on a downtown plan with multiple community stakeholders, the architect-client relationship is rarely one of a painful struggle.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This is, on paper, a terrible idea for all involved.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Until its proves otherwise, Miami sits mediocre at ninth-best in the 16-team AFC -- not terrible, surely not the dregs ... but not a contender.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This pay-to-win offer has interfered with the process of natural selection—in which popular posts would multiply through reposts, mutate in iterative references, and rise above the overwhelming majority of posts that got no interest at all—that used to be the platform’s defining quality.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2025
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The overwhelming majority of those case are represented by lawyer Tony Buzbee.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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As she’s taken away, Evie locks eyes with Danny and smiles in a way that is incredibly unsettling.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
24 Feb. 2025
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The 5-3-2 formation worked, captain Jarrod Bowen led by example, Mohammed Kudus was everywhere and West Ham turned a potentially unsettling afternoon into an affirmation of their character and togetherness.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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For a large part, the Heat’s supporting pieces have been awful this season.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2025
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Hollywood continued to celebrate the fearless first responders who worked to save lives and property during the awful Los Angeles wildfires last month.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Food inflation in Russia is around 25%, interest rates on loans is a usurious 25%, and lending has come to a near complete halt, making ordinary life unbearable and unaffordable for normal Russians.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian,
TIME,
26 Feb. 2025
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Hamas, meanwhile, continues to exert military control while inflicting terror, despite being unable to provide basic governance, making life for civilians unbearable.—
Efrat Lachter,
Fox News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Warning: The following story elements, including photos and video, may be disturbing to some readers.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The feature take is set amidst the 4th of July celebration, as a disturbing figure named Tommy Taffy emerges.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Traumatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traumatic. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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