traumatise

Other spellings

• (US) traumatize

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈtrɔːmətʌɪz/

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• Hyphenation: trau‧ma‧tise

Verb

Plain form traumatise

Third-person singular traumatises

Past tense traumatised

Past participle traumatised

Present participle traumatising

1. (transitive) (pathology) If you traumatise someone, you injure them.
2. (transitive) (psychiatry) If you traumatise someone, you cause them to have a trauma.