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- Dictionarytraumatize/ˈtrɔːmətʌɪz/
verb
- 1. subject to lasting shock as a result of a disturbing experience or physical injury: "the children were traumatized by separation from their families"
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TRAUMATIZE definition: 1. to shock and upset someone severely and for a long time: 2. to shock and upset someone severely…. Learn more.
The meaning of TRAUMATIZE is to inflict a trauma upon. How to use traumatize in a sentence.
Traumatize definition: to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.. See examples of TRAUMATIZE used in a sentence.
TRAUMATIZE meaning: 1. to shock and upset someone severely and for a long time: 2. to shock and upset someone severely…. Learn more.
To traumatize someone is to make them feel a severe, lasting sense of shock and hurt. Being in a bad car accident can traumatize anyone. In medicine, to traumatize is to hurt or injure physically, but this verb is used more often in everyday speech to mean "harm psychologically or emotionally."
TRAUMATIZED definition: 1. severely shocked and upset in a way that causes lasting emotional pain: 2. severely shocked and…. Learn more.
traumatize somebody to shock and upset somebody very much, often making them unable to think normally or continue with their normal life. He was so traumatized by the attack that he could not work for a year. We were traumatized by what we saw.
2 meanings: 1. to wound or injure (the body) 2. to subject or be subjected to mental trauma.... Click for more definitions.
trau·ma·tize. (trô′mə-tīz′, trou′-) tr.v. trau·ma·tized, trau·ma·tiz·ing, trau·ma·tiz·es. 1. To wound or injure (a tissue), as in a surgical operation. 2. To subject to psychological trauma. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
traumatize meaning, definition, what is traumatize: to shock someone so badly that they are ...: Learn more.
