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Examples of traumatize in a Sentence
He was traumatized by the experience.
First Known Use of traumatize
1903
TRAUMATIZE Defined for English Language Learners
traumatize
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verb
Definition of traumatize for English Language Learners
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: to cause (someone) to become very upset in a way that often leads to serious emotional problems : to cause (someone) to suffer emotional trauma
Medical Dictionary
traumatize
transitive verb
trau·ma·tize
Medical Definition of traumatize
traumatized
also Britishtraumatised
;traumatizing
also Britishtraumatising
: to inflict a trauma upon traumatized tissues children traumatized by physical abuse
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