TRAUMATIZE

traumatize, traumatise, shock

(verb) inflict a trauma upon

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

traumatize (third-person singular simple present traumatizes, present participle traumatizing, simple past and past participle traumatized)

(transitive, pathology) To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.

(transitive, psychiatry) To cause a trauma in.

Source: Wiktionary



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