traumatise

• traumatize (American English)

From French traumatiser.

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traumatise (third-person singular simple present traumatises, present participle traumatising, simple past and past participle traumatised)

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 traumatised by a childhood experience.

• IPA^(key): /tʁo.ma.tiz/

traumatise

1. first-person singular present indicative of traumatiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of traumatiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of traumatiser
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of traumatiser
5. second-person singular imperative of traumatiser