traumatized

adjective

trau·ma·tized ˈtrȯ-mə-ˌtīzd

also ˈtrau̇-

: affected by physical or emotional trauma

He has always admitted responsibility for the crash, on the Autobahn between Berlin and Leipzig, which … left him temporarily paralyzed and traumatized.—

John Rockwell

Patients are less traumatized, require shorter hospital stays, and heal faster than with conventional surgery. Yet despite the benefits, laparoscopy is a challenging procedure.—

Kathy A. Svitil

Two traumatized plane-crash survivors, played by Jeff Bridges and Rosie Perez, teach each other how to live again.—

Peter Travers

… the many barriers leading to his conviction: for one, victims too traumatized to press charges.—

Eloise Kinney

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Everyone can relax for a moment: Sylvie cuts the hair of a traumatized but grateful Emile, and Daryl even teaches baseball to Laurent and Isabelle. —

Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024 When people are very traumatized, the capacity to hear the other is destroyed. —

Maria Streshinsky, WIRED, 23 Aug. 2024 The film chronicles the handful of years that followed, with Ito serving by turns as traumatized victim, persevering reporter, and #MeToo movement crusader. —

Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024 Characters become types or categories: a mourning mother, an abusive spouse, a traumatized child, a struggling artist, a marginalized soul. —

Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for traumatized