traumatize

(-tīz′)

transitive verb traumatized, traumatizing

  1. Med. to injure or wound (tissues)
  2. Psychiatry to subject to a trauma

See traumatize in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb trau·ma·tized, trau·ma·tiz·ing, trau·ma·tiz·es
  1. To wound or injure (a tissue), as in a surgical operation.
  2. To subject to psychological trauma.

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