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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What about when someone is literally in the midst of a traumatizing event or environment, when there is no safe space?
Not all trauma is in the past tense.
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Kristin Auble, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
Judges and school officials say the law unnecessarily traumatizes kids.
—ProPublica, 26 Dec. 2024
Worst of all, however, has been the impact on their young children, who have been traumatized and emotionally uprooted in ways that have substantially impacted their well-being.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
In the gray daylight of the first days of Syria’s freedom, its citizens appear so far to be behaving not like unrestrained madmen but like traumatized, decent people worthy of their liberty, delivered even by an erstwhile jihadist.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Kristin Auble, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
Judges and school officials say the law unnecessarily traumatizes kids.
—ProPublica, 26 Dec. 2024
Worst of all, however, has been the impact on their young children, who have been traumatized and emotionally uprooted in ways that have substantially impacted their well-being.
—Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
In the gray daylight of the first days of Syria’s freedom, its citizens appear so far to be behaving not like unrestrained madmen but like traumatized, decent people worthy of their liberty, delivered even by an erstwhile jihadist.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Traumatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traumatize. Accessed 6 Jan. 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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