traumatize
verb
trau·ma·tize
ˈtrȯ-mə-ˌtīz 
also
ˈtrau̇-
traumatized; traumatizing
: to inflict a trauma upon
Examples of traumatize in a Sentence
He was traumatized by the experience.
Recent Examples on the Web
Unless the person is severely traumatized and showing serious symptoms, then people will not really . . .
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Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
When mishandled, experts say, students could be further traumatized and isolated.
—Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
Oftentimes in ways that leave kids feeling traumatized.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Years later, no longer a cop and still traumatized, TJ moves back to Pittsburgh and finds his way to Kevin’s widow, Kacie.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
This is the tale of one family that has been left deeply traumatized by the kidnapping epidemic in Nigeria.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
Enraged and traumatized by the Hamas attacks, most Israelis want Gaza destroyed.
—Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Those moments do arrive, confidently, in ways that fans will tick off approvingly without ever being wholly traumatized by.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
But when his father (Adam Jacobs) returns after several years in a prisoner-of-war camp, and kills the lover that his mother (Alison Luff) has acquired in the meantime, the boy is traumatized.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
When mishandled, experts say, students could be further traumatized and isolated.
—Yana Kunichoff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
Oftentimes in ways that leave kids feeling traumatized.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
Years later, no longer a cop and still traumatized, TJ moves back to Pittsburgh and finds his way to Kevin’s widow, Kacie.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
This is the tale of one family that has been left deeply traumatized by the kidnapping epidemic in Nigeria.
—Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024
Enraged and traumatized by the Hamas attacks, most Israelis want Gaza destroyed.
—Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Those moments do arrive, confidently, in ways that fans will tick off approvingly without ever being wholly traumatized by.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
But when his father (Adam Jacobs) returns after several years in a prisoner-of-war camp, and kills the lover that his mother (Alison Luff) has acquired in the meantime, the boy is traumatized.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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traumatize
verb
trau·ma·tize
ˈtrau̇-mə-ˌtīz
ˈtrȯ-
traumatized; traumatizing
: to inflict trauma upon
was traumatized by the accident
Medical Definition
traumatize
transitive verb
trau·ma·tize
variants
also British traumatise
traumatized also British traumatised; traumatizing also British traumatising
: to inflict a trauma upon
traumatized tissues
children traumatized by physical abuse
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