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Traumatize
To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.
📖 Definitions of "Traumatize"
verb
- 1
To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.
- 2
To cause a trauma in.
"I was traumatized by a childhood experience."
🔄 Synonyms of "Traumatize"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| shocknoun | A sudden, heavy impact. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Traumatize"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| shockverb | (transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset. |
| traumatiseverb | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of traumatize. [(transitive, pathology) To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.] |
| retraumatizeverb | (psychology, transitive) To traumatize again or anew. |
| irritateverb | (transitive) To provoke impatience, anger, or displeasure in. |
| touchnoun | An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger. |
| affectverb | (transitive) To influence or alter. |
| take something toverb | To apply (some instrument or implement) to (something else, to undertake a task or attack upon it, usually vigorously). |
| cicatrizeverb | (intransitive) To form a scar. |
| toxify | (transitive) To make or render toxic. |
| subjectnoun | The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc. |
| infectnoun | (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it. |
| tragedizeverb | To dramatize in the form of a tragedy. |
| receiveverb | (transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something. |
| therapeuticizeverb | (transitive) To make therapeutic; to bring into the realm of therapy. |
| tetanizeverb | (biology, transitive) To throw (a muscle etc.) into a state of permanent contraction; to cause tetanus in. |
| pathetizeverb | (archaic, transitive) To hypnotize. |
| thermocoagulateverb | To cause or to undergo thermocoagulation. |
| mutagenizeverb | (genetics) To cause mutation. |
| translateverb | Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another. |
| burnnoun | A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals. |
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