traumatize

Etymology

From French traumatiser.

verb

  1. (transitive, pathology) To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.
  2. (transitive, psychiatry) To cause a trauma in.
    I was traumatized by a childhood experience.

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