traumatizes
- present tense form of traumatize (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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“It still traumatizes me at read-throughs. I’m like, oh my God, oh my God, please don’t mess up a word. It was a good training ground.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
Advocates for people experiencing homelessness have expressed dismay and alarm with the mayor’s position, which they say often criminalizes the city’s most vulnerable residents and can further traumatizes many of them, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
Writing from her own experience, O'Neil digs into the ways in which shame conditions and traumatizes those whose bodies don't adhere to beauty industry norms.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2022
When patients tell her they’re using an at-home file, “I cringe, because what that does is it actually traumatizes the skin, and then your body gets drier and it adds more calluses,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 19, 2022
And fleeing war traumatizes many migrants, further complicating their assimilation.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2015
