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traumatise::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | shock, traumatize |
| Type of | injure, wound |
| Derivation | trauma |
Examples of traumatise
traumatise
All it will do is traumatise the five of them some more, on top of the story so far.
From the guardian.co.uk
At the same time it's quite sad as I know it will traumatise some children.
From the metro.co.uk
What they mainly seem to have done is traumatise pupils and teachers and over-burden examiners.
From the economist.com
But hey, they're foreign kids, often fleeing warzones, so it's not so bad to traumatise them further, eh?
From the guardian.co.uk
A hospital death can traumatise relatives.
From the guardian.co.uk
He's nearly at the dawning point of a more mature understanding of life, and I don't want to be the one to traumatise him forever.
From the nzherald.co.nz
He's nearly at the dawning point of a more mature understanding of life, and I don't want to be the one to traumatise him forever.
From the nzherald.co.nz
And your next reaction should be complete panic that you don't let them down and say something that will traumatise them for ever.
From the guardian.co.uk
For a less horrific Halloween, the National Maritime Museum comes up trumps with entertainment unlikely to terrify and traumatise your young charges.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Traumatize: inflict a trauma upon
- (pathology) To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents; (psychiatry) To cause a trauma in; as, to be traumatised by a childhood experience
