traumatize
[ trou-muh-tahyz, traw- ]
/ ˈtraʊ məˌtaɪz, ˈtrɔ- /
Save This Word!
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.
QUIZZES
QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!
Were you ready for a quiz on this topic? Well, here it is! See how well you can differentiate between the uses of "was" vs. "were" in this quiz.
Question 1 of 7
“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing
Also especially British, trau·ma·tise .
Origin of traumatize
OTHER WORDS FROM traumatize
trau·ma·ti·za·tion, nounun·trau·ma·tized, adjectiveDictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for traumatize
“My children are traumatised,” Than Dar told a group of reporters in front a large reclining Buddha.
Hope and Change? Burma Kills a Journalist Before Obama Arrives|Joshua Carroll|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST“There are a lot of victims who are too traumatised to work—too scared to even leave the house,” Rühlsays.
"Many of these children have been traumatised by the horrors of what they've witnessed before they got here," he said.
Shocking Refugee Camp Scenes Greet Charles and Camilla in Jordan|Tom Sykes|March 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012