verb
- to cause severe emotional shock or distress to someone
Usage: third person singular present tense of traumatize
Examples
- The accident traumatizes everyone who witnesses it.
- Bullying often traumatizes children for years.
- The documentary traumatizes viewers with its graphic images.
- War traumatizes soldiers and civilians alike.
- She worries that the divorce traumatizes her young son.
- The therapist helps patients who have been traumatized by abuse.