traumatize

[ trou-muh-tahyz, traw- ]

/ ˈtraʊ məˌtaɪz, ˈtrɔ- /

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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.

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Also especially British, trau·ma·tise .

Origin of traumatize

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

OTHER WORDS FROM traumatize

trau·ma·ti·za·tion, nounun·trau·ma·tized, adjective

Words nearby traumatize

traumatic neuritis, traumatic neuroma, traumatic occlusion, traumatic tetanus, traumatism, traumatize, traumato-, traumatogenic occlusion, traumatology, traumatopnea, trav.

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How to use traumatize in a sentence

When the Taliban took over Kabul in 1996, the city’s infrastructure was battered and its population of several hundred thousand people, traumatized by a decade of civil war, had no expectation of government services or facilities.
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That could very likely change in the next several years, especially as memories of pandemic times are slowly wiped from our traumatized minds and our eagerness for exploring the world returns.
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This never ending instability, combined with the constant fear of interacting with the police, losing custody of my children, having my car impounded — or even losing my life — left me stressed, traumatized and exhausted.
I Lived in My Car and Now I’m in Congress. We Need to Solve America’s Housing Crisis.|Cori Bush|July 30, 2021|Time
He says he’s traumatized by what happened, has nightmares and doesn’t get out much anymore.
Dozens of nooses have shown up on U.S. construction sites. The culprits rarely face consequences.|Taylor Telford|July 22, 2021|Washington Post

He was traumatized by the dark Nordic winters of his childhood and would overcompensate by doing all the things that dermatologists tell you not to do.
This Is the First Sunscreen That I Don’t Hate|klindsey|July 22, 2021|Outside Online
The cable network had “lost its mind,” and was going to “traumatize channel surfers.”
Natural Childbirth Is Not a Cult|Brandy Zadrozny|June 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The “Crime of the Century” certainly did traumatize Lindbergh.
Charles Lindbergh’s Secret German Mistresses in Truth and Fiction|Joshua Kendall|April 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is also Palestinians who lob the rockets from Gaza that traumatize southern Israel.
Why Liberal Zionists Won't Join BDS|Peter Beinart|February 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Christmas has always been neck and neck with Halloween for the title of Best Time to Traumatize Your Kids.
Twelve Unusual Christmas Reads|Stefan Beck|December 25, 2011|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, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for traumatize

traumatise

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