traumatize
verb (used with object)
to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
traumatizes
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present tense formof traumatize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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
But experiencing trauma with the understanding that it is in a dream traumatizes others all over again, she said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
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
It traumatizes them and leads to worse outcomes later.
From Seattle Times ● May 20, 2019
