traumatize

Other spellings

• (UK) traumatise

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈtrɔːmətʌɪz/

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• Hyphenation: trau‧ma‧tize

Verb

Plain form traumatize

Third-person singular traumatizes

Past tense traumatized

Past participle traumatized

Present participle traumatizing

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