traumatize
verb (used with object)
to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
traumatized
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past participleof traumatize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof traumatize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
traumatizeverb (used with object)to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
Example Sentences
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Tommy and Tuppence, on top of the scene and possibly traumatized, decide to solve the murder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
That procedure, they argued, would result in “Christa involuntarily reliving the worst moments of her life, much like traumatized soldiers when they return from a war zone.”
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
“He said, ‘I’m a traumatized human being who hasn’t moved on and I want some resolution,’” Krook recalls.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
“The Catcher in the Rye” is a text that is flatly impossible to decouple from its author: A book about trauma written in the midst of trauma by a traumatized man.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
The case had so traumatized the black community that many had become preoccupied with each court development and ruling.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
