traumatise

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A form of traumatize — To injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verbtraumatise (third-person singular simple present traumatises, present participle traumatising, simple past and past participle traumatised)

present singular third person traumatises · participle present traumatising · participle past traumatised · past traumatised · alternative traumatize

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of traumatize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbinflict a trauma upon

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchtraumatiser
  2. Englishtraumatise

From French traumatiser.

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APA

traumatise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traumatise

MLA

“traumatise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traumatise. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “traumatise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traumatise.

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