traumatize

[ trou-muh-tahyz, traw- ]

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verb (used with object),trau·ma·tized, trau·ma·tiz·ing.

Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
Psychiatry. to cause a trauma in (the mind): to be traumatized by a childhood experience.

Origin of traumatize

First recorded in 1900–05, traumatize is from the Greek word traumatízein to wound. See traumatic, -ize

Also especially British, trau·ma·tise .

Other words from traumatize

trau·ma·ti·za·tion, noun
un·trau·ma·tized, adjective

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How to use traumatize in a sentence

“My children are traumatised,” Than Dar told a group of reporters in front a large reclining Buddha.
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“There are a lot of victims who are too traumatised to work—too scared to even leave the house,” Rühlsays.
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"Many of these children have been traumatised by the horrors of what they've witnessed before they got here," he said.
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British Dictionary definitions for traumatize

traumatize

traumatise

/ (ˈtrɔːməˌtaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to wound or injure (the body)
to subject or be subjected to mental trauma

Derived forms of traumatize

traumatization or traumatisation, noun

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