traumatic
Use Traumatic in a sentence
ɪk, trɔ-, traʊ- adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or produced by a trauma or wound.
2.
adapted to the cure of wounds.
3.
psychologically painful.
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trauma (ˈtrɔːmə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -mata, -mas | |
| 1. | psychol a powerful shock that may have long-lasting effects |
| 2. | pathol any bodily injury or wound |
| [C18: from Greek: a wound] | |
| traumatic | |
| —adj | |
| trau'matically | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
When and if fundamental change does come, it will be traumatic and almost certainly violent.
More traumatic change to the code has come from external pressures.
Post-traumatic stress can only be labeled a month after an event.
Or it might have been that the course workers were suffering from post-traumatic stress from the sight of the thing.
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