traumatise
/ˈtrɔmətaɪz/
verb
- To cause someone to experience severe emotional or psychological shock, often with lasting effects.
- The therapist helped patients who had been traumatised by natural disasters.
- The bullying traumatised the child, making him afraid to go to school.
- Witnessing the violent crime traumatised the entire neighborhood.
- To cause a serious physical injury or wound.
- The surgeon repaired the tissue that had been traumatised by the accident.
- The fall traumatised his spine, leaving him partially paralyzed.
- The blast traumatised many soldiers with shrapnel wounds.
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