Meanings
verbtraumatize (third-person singular simple present traumatizes, present participle traumatizing, simple past and past participle traumatized)
present singular third person traumatizes · participle present traumatizing · participle past traumatized · past traumatized · alternative traumatise
- transitivemedicineTo injure, e.g. tissues, by force or by thermal, chemical or other agents.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchtraumat(isme)
- Frenchtraumatiser
- Englishtraumatize
Borrowed from French traumatiser.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans traumatiseer
- traumatiseerto cause a trauma
Bulgarian наранявам, травматизирам
- наранявам (naranjavam)to injure
- травматизирам (travmatiziram)to cause a trauma
Catalan traumatitzar, traumatitzar
- traumatitzarto injure
- traumatitzarto cause a trauma
Czech traumatizovat, traumatizovat
- traumatizovatto injure
- traumatizovatto cause a trauma
Dutch traumatiseren
- traumatiserento cause a trauma
French traumatiser, traumatiser
- traumatiserto injure
- traumatiserto cause a trauma
German traumatisieren
- traumatisierento cause a trauma
Hungarian traumatizál
- traumatizálto cause a trauma
Italian traumatizzare, traumatizzare
- traumatizzareto injure
- traumatizzareto cause a trauma
Portuguese traumatizar
- traumatizarto injure
Russian травми́ровать
- травми́ровать (travmírovatʹ)to cause a trauma
Spanish traumatizar, traumatizar
- traumatizarto injure
- traumatizarto cause a trauma
Ukrainian травмува́ти
- травмува́ти (travmuváty)to cause a trauma
Cite this entry
APA
traumatize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traumatize
MLA
“traumatize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traumatize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “traumatize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traumatize.
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