trau·ma·tize

[trou-muh-tahyz, traw-]
verb (used with object), trau·ma·tized, trau·ma·tiz·ing.
1.
Pathology. to injure (tissues) by force or by thermal, chemical, etc., agents.
2.
Psychiatry. to cause a trauma in (the mind): to be traumatized by a childhood experience.
Also, especially British, trau·ma·tise.


Origin:
1900–05; < Greek traumatízein to wound. See traumatic, -ize

trau·ma·ti·za·tion, noun
un·trau·ma·tized, adjective
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traumatize or traumatise (ˈtrɔːməˌtaɪz) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  (tr) to wound or injure (the body)
2.  to subject or be subjected to mental trauma
 
traumatise or traumatise
 
vb
 
traumati'zation or traumatise
 
n
 
traumati'sation or traumatise
 
n

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Traumatised is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Example sentences
In a country overrun by drugged, traumatised gunmen, every crutch helps.
The collapse in new-vehicle demand has traumatised parts-makers.
Those who show up at his clinic are often traumatised either by physical injuries, or by what they have seen.
She loves her show enough to know when it is time to say goodbye, she told her traumatised audience.
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