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TRAUMATIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they traumatize ... he / she / it traumatizes
Past simple: traumatized
Past participle: traumatized
-ing form: traumatizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflict a trauma upon
Synonyms:
shock; traumatise; traumatize
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "traumatize" is one way to...):
injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
trauma (an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects)
trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
