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TRAUMATISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they traumatise ... he / she / it traumatises
Past simple: traumatised
Past participle: traumatised
-ing form: traumatising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inflict a trauma upon
Synonyms:
shock; traumatise; traumatize
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "traumatise" is one way to...):
injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
trauma (any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.)
